cvs problem

[Matthew Dillon]

:Hi all,
:
:I have a strange problem here:
:
:zoot# cvs checkout src
:[output deleted]
:zoot# mv src src.old
:zoot# cvs checkout src
:U src/COPYRIGHT
:U src/Makefile
:U src/Makefile.inc1
:U src/README
:U src/UPDATING
:U src/bin/Makefile
:U src/bin/Makefile.inc
:cvs [checkout aborted]: there is a version in src/contrib already
:
:Why is that? Isn't this supposed to work?
:
:Regards,
:Sascha
:
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:http://yoyodyne.ath.cx

    This occurs when the existing file is not under CVS management.
    cvs will not overwrite it if it is not already managed by cvs.
    Either the directory does not have a CVS/ subdirectory, or the
    CVS/Entries file does not list the file/dir in question (that is how
    cvs knows that a file or directory is under cvs management).

    This type of situation usually occurs when you CP things manually
    or if you PATCH something which creates a new file or directory
    rather then just modifying existing files.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>