cvs [update aborted]: cannot stat /var/lock/cvs: No such file or directory

[Fredrik Staxäng]

Binary package hint: cvs

workaround is just to create /var/lock/cvs, but the bug reappears. Something removes the directory.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: cvs 1:1.12.13-12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-server 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 16 22:43:10 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cvs

[Thorsten Glaser (mirabilos)]

Not a bug in cvs (at least not the next package): the lock directory is set in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/config – please change it. /var/lock is an in-memory filesystem, I think.