I corrected the permission of the directory, try again
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Aaron Joseph Maschinot wrote:
>
> hi:
>
> when i try to get a completely new copy of the cvs repository (e.g. by
> typing "cvs co ."), some files copy over to my directory, but,
> eventually, i get the following error message:
>
> cvs checkout: Updating exp/t20/edel/figs
> cvs checkout: failed to create lock directory for
> `/home/blast/cvsroot/exp/t20/edel/figs'
> (/home/blast/cvsroot/exp/t20/edel/figs/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
> cvs checkout: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
> `/home/blast/cvsroot/exp/t20/edel/figs'
> cvs [checkout aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
>
> any ideas?
>
> aaron
>
> p.s. this is a problem that i know various other people have run into in
> the past. if someone (i.e. probably chris) knows how to fix it, can you
> send out an e-mail explaining in non-expert detail how to fix it?
> something to do with removing lock files or whatnot...
>
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