Re: CVS checkout aborted

[Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 10:21:15AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 10:16:04AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 10:06:43AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 03:59:15PM +0200, Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> > > >I'm getting this error:
> > > >cvs [checkout aborted]: head attribute does not match file for `/cvs/src/src/gdb/version.in,v'
> > > >
> > > >when trying a
> > > >cvs -d :ext:uweigand@gcc.gnu.org:/cvs/src co gdb
> > > >
> > > >Any known CVS issues at the moment?
> > > 
> > > This should be fixed.  We updated cvs yesterday and there was a minor
> > > glitch (caused by me) in the process.
> > 
> > Actually, now if I do
> > 
> >    cvs -z3 -d ':ext:bobbybrasko@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src' co gdb+dejagnu
> > 
> > I end up with 
> > 
> >    $ ls src/
> >    CVS   config   dejagnu  gdb      libiberty  readline  texinfo
> >    bfd   contrib  etc      include  mmalloc    sim       utils
> >    cgen  cpu      expect   intl     opcodes    tcl
> > 
> > I used to get the configure script, and other stuff. However, if I do
> > this again
> > 
> >    cvs -z3 -d ':ext:bobbybrasko@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src' co
> >    gdb+dejagnu
> > 
> > Here is the output of the command,
> > 
> > cvs checkout: existing repository /cvs/src/CVSROOT/Emptydir does not match /cvs/
> > cvs checkout: ignoring module src/.cvsignore
> 
> Hmm, I used to get this when I tried to use co -d (separate from cvs -d
> co).  You definitely shouldn't get it wen using a straight checkout so
> it sounds like modules support isn't working...

Am I borked until the problem is fixed? Or is this somehow my fault?

Is there a work around?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi