Re: pserver no such repository

[Larry Jones]

=?iso-8859-1?q?Derkaoui?= writes:
> 
> I am using Debian Linux, cvs is installed on and my CVSROOT is 
> /var/lib/cvs.
> I installed WinCvs and configure it.

You installed WinCVS on Linux?!?

> But when i tried to log in or to commit or update:
> I have the following message:
> 
> cvs log: in directory .:
> cvs log: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent
> repository /var/lib/cvs
> 
> ***** CVS exited normally with code 0 *****

It would appear that you are running WinCVS in a directory that already
contains (invalid) CVS metadata.  Never try to share a working directory
between two different types of systems.  You need to do a fresh checkout
and go from there.  If you have uncommitted changes in your existing
working directory, you need to commit them on the same type of system
you did the initial checkout on.

-Larry Jones

I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people. -- Calvin