Re: "move away <foo>, it is in the way" cvs error

[Marco S Hyman <marc@snafu.org>]

 > Every so often when doing a cvs update I receive errors like the
 > following:

CVS fscked up (or you did by removing CVS/Entries).   Best thing
to do is rm -rf the directory and fetch from cvs again.

 > My first question is, does this mean these files are no longer marked for
 > current use (they are in the attic or something) and that they should be
 > removed?

NO.

 > My second question is, is there a cvs update command that will prune this
 > stuff for me during the cvs update?  Assuming there is not, should I
 > delete the files that cvs claims are "in the way" manually?

Nothing automagic.   Remove the files (or the entire directory) by
hand and update again.

 > I can only imagine there is something in the man pages that I
 > overlooked.  If this is the case and somebody would not mind too much
 > taking the time to slap me around and set me straight that would be
 > great.  Thanks for your help.

The man pages don't tell you what to do when cvs bugs fsck you up.

// marc