Re: Problem updating from a different repository

Arthur Barrett escribió:
> Michael,
>
>   
>> I'm a CVS newbie and having problems working with 
>> two different repositories on the same working copy. 
>>     
>
> This is extremely complex to set up - your local repository needs to be
> a write through cache.
>
> I'm not sure how you'd do this with CVS, but these posts explain how to
> do it with CVSNT:
> http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2008-May/030637.html
> And
> http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2008-May/030642.html
> And
> http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2008-May/030653.html
> And
> http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2008-May/030655.html
> And
> http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2008-May/030659.html
>
> Repository replication is almost never needed - CVS is designed to work
> without it even over very slow networks or while a developer is offline
> for long periods of time.
>
>
>   
>> After having read the docs and the archives to this list, 
>> I still don't understand how I could update my working 
>> copy from the main repository (REP1). Whenever I try this, 
>> I get a "cannot open directory" error. 
>>     
>
> You need to send the newsgroup the actual commands you are using and the
> actual (compelte) error message including the 'connection string' (also
> called the CVSROOT) that looks like:
>  * :pserver:aaaa@host:/repo
>  * :local:host:/var/opt/blah
>  * etc
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Arthur Barrett
>
>
>   


Hello Arthur,

thanks so much for your hints.

I've checked out my project from the local repository like this (CVSROOT 
environment variable is set to /cvsroot):

/var/parent/#> cvs checkout packages

No I would like to update one subdirectory ("package") of the project 
from the remote server like this:

/var/parent/#> cvs -z3 -d 
:pserver:[email protected]:/home/cvsroot update package_name

Then I get the following error message:

cvs update: cannot open directory /home/cvsroot/packages/package_name: 
No such file or directory

Thanks,

Michael