[rancid] cvs remove: nothing known about `.cvsignore' error

[Alan McKinnon]

On 26/05/2015 20:08, Alfredo Jo wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> I am trying to configure rancid and i think i got most of it done but
> when i run my initial bin/rancid-run 
> 
> this is what the logs tell me: 
> 
> starting: Tue May 26 13:43:57 EDT 2015
> 
> 
> cvs remove: nothing known about `.cvsignore'
> 
> cvs commit: nothing known about `.cvsignore'
> 
> cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!
> 
> Deleted .cvsignore
> 
> Checking in router.db;
> 
> /usr/local/rancid/var/CVS/networking/router.db,v  <--  router.db
> 
> new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
> 
> done
> 
> 
> ending: Tue May 26 13:44:59 EDT 2015
> 
> var/logs/networking.20150526.134357 (END)
> 
> 
> 
> I am not really sure what that means I also don't see the anything other
> than the CVS under var/networking/configs/ 
> 
> 
> any helps is appreciate it


In my experience, CVS errors with rancid always got fixed by running
rancid-cvs at the correct point. Make sure your LIST_OF_GROUPS and other
variables are correct, then run the script. It's covered quite fully in
the various text files shipped with the source tarball.




-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon at gmail.com