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Re: Max-dotdot not changed by -d option
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Max-dotdot not changed by -d option |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:55:11 -0500 (EST) |
Ludvig Borgne writes:
>
> Using client/server CVS, when I do
>
> cvs checkout -d ../x x
>
> I get an error message
>
> cvs server: protocol error: `../x' contains more leading ..
> cvs [server aborted]: than the 0 which Max-dotdot specified
It's a long standing, and very hard to fix, bug. The workaround,
naturally, is to change directory so that you don't need the "..":
cd ..
cvs checkout -d x x
-Larry Jones
The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
-- Hobbes