Re: cvs problem

[walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, Sascha Wildner wrote:

> 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?

Are you talking about a DFly machine with a very recent kernel?
Matt did warn that the system may falsely report files which are
not really there.  [Much like corporate earnings statements ;o]
Just a guess.