[Python-Dev] anonymous cvs checkout (original) (raw)

Edward Loper edloper at gradient.cis.upenn.edu
Mon May 31 20:51:16 EDT 2004

I'm having trouble checking out an anonymous copy of the Python CVS repository. I tried the instructions from both the developer FAQ and the SF CVS page; and tried checking it out from debian, win2k, and OS X. In all cases, I get an error that looks something like this:

 cvs server: cannot read file in mydbm_load_file: Input/output error
 cvs checkout: in directory .:
 cvs [checkout aborted]: *PANIC* administration files missing

A google search for "mydbm_load_file" didn't turn up anything useful. Anyone have an idea what's going wrong? Thanks!

-Edward

(Here's a copy-paste of my shell session from debian, in case I'm doing something stupid:)

[syse:~/data/programming] export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/python [syse:~/data/programming] cvs login Logging in to :pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:2401/cvsroot/python CVS password: [syse:~/data/programming] cvs -z3 co python cvs server: cannot read file in mydbmloadfile: Input/output error cvs checkout: cannot read file in mydbmloadfile: Input/output error cvs checkout: warning: cannot write to history file /cvsroot/python/CVSROOT/history: Read-only file system cvs checkout: Updating python cvs checkout: failed to create lock directory for /cvsroot/python/python' (/cvsroot/python/python/#cvs.lock): Read-only file system_ _cvs checkout: failed to obtain dir lock in repository /cvsroot/python/python' cvs [checkout aborted]: read lock failed - giving up

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