cvs: failed to create lock directory for `/cvs/xorg/xserver/xorg

Jeremy C. Reed reed at reedmedia.net
Sat Jun 10 17:57:20 PDT 2006


When trying to access xorg/xserver in CVS I get:

cvs diff: failed to create lock directory for `/cvs/xorg/xserver/xorg' 
(/cvs/xorg/xserver/xorg/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
cvs diff: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `/cvs/xorg/xserver/xorg'
cvs [diff aborted]: read lock failed - giving up

I know latest code is in git. How can I do a cvs diff of my old stuff? 
(I'd rather not do a "diff -pruN" of my CVS and GIT code since I have many 
objects in there too.)

I am able to use CVS for various xorg/driver and other components.


 Jeremy C. Reed

echo '9,J8HD,fDGG8B@?:536FC5=8 at I;C5?@H5B0D at 5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\
sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP'



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