Re: cvs gnumach-1-branch error

[Constantine Kousoulos]

Michael Konrad wrote:
> Whenever I try to cvs the gnumach-1-branch I get the following error: cvs 
> [checkout aborted]: could not chdir to gnumach/i386/aux: Not a directory.
>
> I'm following these directions http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/gnumach-download.html - 
>
> Use to following to get the GNU Mach 1 branch:
> cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/hurd co -r 
> gnumach-1-branch gnumach

Hello Michael,

Are you trying to download GNU Mach from a windows machine? In 
windows 'aux' is a reserved name and cvs is not allowed to create 
a directory with that name. Use cvs from a linux machine or try a 
linux live cd.

Regards,
Constantine