[cvsnt] How to get the new admin files in build 2214 into existing CVSROOT?

[Mike Wake]

Bo Berglund wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:30:51 +0000, Mike Wake
> <mike.wake at thalesgroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> Bo,
>>
>> I have in the past run cvs init on an existing repository.  
> 
> How did you do that?
> I tried to do this on an existing repo but got this message back:
> 
> cvs [init aborted]: Repository at c:/data/cvsrepo/cmp already exists.
> 

I am STILL using 2.0.58d.  I am able to do the following on the server.

cvs -d :local:/cvs_repos/CVSREPOS/MuckAround init

where /cvs_repos/CVSREPOS/MuckAround is an existing repository.

I guess it has been disallowed in the newer versions.

Cheers
Mikew.