Eclipse & CVS

From: Patrick (googleaddress_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: 19 Jan 2005 16:36:21 -0800

I have been trying to use Eclipses CVS client to TAG my project.
However, I keep getting an error, here is the associated command and
error outputed by Eclipse.

***
cvs tag "/MYPROJECT/Tag_Version_01" "/MYPROJECT"
    cvs tag: failed to create lock directory for
`/cvs/stdk/CVSROOT/Emptydir' (/cvs/stdk/CVSROOT/Emptydir/#cvs.lock):
Permission denied
    cvs tag: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
`/cvs/stdk/CVSROOT/Emptydir'
    cvs [tag aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
The server reported an error while performing the "cvs tag" command.
(took 0:00.511)
Error: MYPROJECT: cvs tag: failed to create lock directory for
`/cvs/stdk/CVSROOT/Emptydir' (/cvs/stdk/CVSROOT/Emptydir/#cvs.lock):
Permission denied
Error: MYPROJECT: cvs tag: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
`/cvs/stdk/CVSROOT/Emptydir'
Error: MYPROJECT: cvs [tag aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
***

When I run the same command from the command line (using Cygwins CVS
client) I get the following...

$ cvs tag "/MYPROJECT/Tag_Version_01" "/MYPROJECT"
cvs [tag aborted]: tag `/MYPROJECT/Tag_Version_01' must start with a
letter

When I run

$ cvs tag "MYPROJECT/Tag_Version_01" "MYPROJECT"

It works!

So it would seem that the problem is with Eclipse and the manner with
which it forms the tag.

Has anyone else had this problem?
How do I get eclispse to form the tag correctly?

To tag I just right-click on my project (MYPROJECT) then Team->Tag as
version, and enter the tag name (Tag_Version_01).

Maybe I am doing something wrong?

Any help greatly appreciated,

Pat.

p.s.

My Version of Eclipse is...

Version: 3.0.1
Build id: 200409161125

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