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Hi, As part of a simple clean build system we are using we sometimes want to check out tagged versions of single files to a specified directory: i.e. cvs co -d tmp_dir -r tag_name filename Frustratingly, for some files it works, and for others it doesn't!!! For files where it doesn't work we get: cvs server: in directory .: cvs [server aborted]: there is no version here; do 'cvs checkout' first This is bad enough, but it also removes tmp_dir from the client machine... D'oh! Both of the listed command line clients give the same results Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.2 (client) Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 1.11.1.3 (Build 72) (client/server) Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 1.11.1.3 (Build 57h) (client/server) I had a search back through the archives and found references to similar problems: http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2002-June/002339.html http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2002-August/003195.html http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2002-November/003936.html but no answers.... This seems like a reasonably basic sort of request to make and, whilst I am new to CVS, I would have expected it to just work. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? I have included some traces.... /* * already created directory fred. * tried checkout of tagged file * but end up just getting directory fred removed!! */ Y:\>cvs -t checkout -d fred -rv2_0_0_0 Releases\license.txt -> main loop with CVSROOT=:pserver:server1/usr/local/cvsroot -> Connecting to server1(192.168.0.3):2401 S-> do_module (Releases\license.txt, Updating, , ) S-> do_module (Releases/license.txt, Updating, fred, ) S-> Create_Admin (., fred, C:/cvsrepo/usr/local/cvsroot/Releases, , , 0, 0) S-> unlink(./CVS/Tag) -> Create_Admin (., ., /usr/local/cvsroot/Releases, , , 0, 1) -> unlink(./CVS/Tag) -> unlink(CVS/Tag) -> ParseInfo(C:/cvsrepo/usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/rcsinfo, Releases, ALL) S<- Create_Admin cvs server: in directory .: cvs [server aborted]: there is no version here; do 'cvs checkout' first -> rename(CVS/Entries.Backup,CVS/Entries) -> unlink(CVS/Entries.Log) -> unlink_file_dir(fred) -> Lock_Cleanup() /* * Now, take the tag off and it works perfectly... * */ Y:\>cvs -t co -d fred Releases\license.txt -> main loop with CVSROOT=:pserver:server1/usr/local/cvsroot -> Connecting to server1(192.168.0.3):2401 S-> do_module (Releases\license.txt, Updating, , ) S-> do_module (Releases/license.txt, Updating, fred, ) S-> Create_Admin (., fred, C:/cvsrepo/usr/local/cvsroot/Releases, , , 0, 0) S-> unlink(./CVS/Tag) -> Create_Admin (., ., /usr/local/cvsroot/Releases, , , 0, 1) -> unlink(./CVS/Tag) -> unlink(CVS/Tag) -> ParseInfo(C:/cvsrepo/usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/rcsinfo, Releases, ALL) S<- Create_Admin S-> server_register(license.txt, 1.2, Initial license.txt, , , , ) S-> Register(license.txt, 1.2, Initial license.txt, , ) S-> rename(CVS/Entries.Backup,CVS/Entries) S-> unlink(CVS/Entries.Log) S-> fopen(C:/cvsrepo/usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/history,a) S-> checkout (C:/cvsrepo/usr/local/cvsroot/Releases/license.txt,v, 1.2, , (function)) S-> server_register(license.txt, 1.2, Initial license.txt, , , , ) S-> Register(license.txt, 1.2, Initial license.txt, , ) U fred/license.txt -> rename(.new.license.txt,license.txt) -> Register(license.txt, 1.2, Sun Mar 23 23:37:46 2003, , ) S-> rename(CVS/Entries.Backup,CVS/Entries) S-> unlink(CVS/Entries.Log) -> rename(CVS/Entries.Backup,CVS/Entries) -> unlink(CVS/Entries.Log) -> Lock_Cleanup() /* * So put the tag back into the equation and try again.... * but it fails.... */ Y:\>cvs -t checkout -d fred -r v2_0_0_0 Releases\license.txt -> main loop with CVSROOT=:pserver:server1/usr/local/cvsroot -> Connecting to server1(192.168.0.3):2401 S-> do_module (Releases\license.txt, Updating, , ) S-> do_module (Releases/license.txt, Updating, fred, ) cvs server: in directory .: cvs [server aborted]: there is no version here; do 'cvs checkout' first -> Lock_Cleanup() Thanks John ##################################################################################### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal #####################################################################################