Hi,
Thanks! That was the problem. I was not aware of the change.
-Kervin
Gerald Combs wrote:
>
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Kervin Pierre wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been trying to get the ethereal source out of CVS for a while now,
> > but it keeps failing with this message...
> >
> > [...]
> > U ethereal/xdlc.c
> > U ethereal/xdlc.h
> > cvs server: Updating ethereal/debian
> > cvs server: failed to create lock directory in repository
> > `/cvsroot/ethereal/debian': Permission denied
> > cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
> > `/cvsroot/ethereal/debian'
> > cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
> >
> >
> > This happens every time, even with a fresh checkout. I saw a question
> > like this in the archive but it was not answered.
>
> Is your $CVSROOT pointing ethereal.zing.org or pow.zing.org by any chance?
> I wasn't able to duplicate the problem using cvs.ethereal.com (the current
> server), but I got the error above when using the old server (zing.org).
>
> After an initial checkout, cvs creates a file called "Root" in each of the
> "CVS" directories in the source tree that contains the path to the CVS
> server. These paths override the value set in $CVSROOT. If you have an
> existing source tree pointing to zing.org, you can fix it with a perl
> one-liner, e.g.:
>
> perl -pi.bak -e 's/pow.zing.org/cvs.ethereal.com/g' `find . -name Root`
>
> BTW, I found and fixed the problem in the CVS repository on pow, so you
> should be able to check out from either location. You really should
> switch over to cvs.ethereal.com, however - I can't guarantee that the
> repository on pow will be up for much longer.
>
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > -Kervin
> >
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