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cvs package

cvs broken on live cd

Bug #71089 reported by Johan Euphrosine
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cvs (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: cvs

from an edgy live cd:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install cvs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cvs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1646kB of archives.
After unpacking 3613kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main cvs 1:1.12.13-3 [1646kB]
Fetched 1646kB in 3s (505kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package cvs.
(Reading database ... 96582 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cvs (from .../cvs_1%3a1.12.13-3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up cvs (1.12.13-3) ...

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ mkdir /tmp/a
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cvs -d /tmp/a init
cvs [init aborted]: cannot get working directory: No such file or directory

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Johan Euphrosine (proppy)
description: updated
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Johan Euphrosine (proppy)
description: updated
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Johan Euphrosine (proppy) wrote :

only happen if you call the command from a directory mounted in unionfs (like / )
if you cd /tmp before calling cvs command,
cvs doesn't fail anymore

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Sebastian Rode (sebastian-ro-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance

Changed in cvs:
status: New → Incomplete
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Connor Imes (ckimes) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in cvs:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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dth (destotelhorus) wrote :

Confirmed for Ubuntu 8.04 on a unionfs. Changing to /tmp worked around it.

Regards, dth.

Changed in cvs:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
Connor Imes (ckimes)
Changed in cvs:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

Changed in cvs (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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xteejx (xteejx) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in cvs (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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