Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
>--- Forwarded mail from Greg Woods: >[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 05:44:16 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: >> >> * 'cvs log BAR' does not list changes in file FOO >> > >> >Of cou

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
>--- Forwarded mail from Greg Woods: >[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 01:59:20 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> >> And not only do you lose the ability to get a file's entire version >> history with a single "cvs log", >That is not a loss

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
Ich funde es bei http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=422733&group_id=4680&atid=304680 >--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Wo? Ich kann nicht es gefunden. >Paul Sander wrote: >> There's Noel Yap's patches on SourceForge, which apply to a down-rev release >> of CVS

Re: Module directory nameing....

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Knowles wrote: >> now if I can just add locking to CVS > >Try understanding client-oriented parallel development. It will cause less >heartburn, reduce your stress, and reduce the rate of hair loss. > >Locking exists as an administrative option. However..

Re: Module directory nameing....

2001-10-11 Thread James Knowles
> now if I can just add locking to CVS Try understanding client-oriented parallel development. It will cause less heartburn, reduce your stress, and reduce the rate of hair loss. Locking exists as an administrative option. However... I would seriously discourage trying to make CVS behave l

Re: Making a file writeable

2001-10-11 Thread James Knowles
> In a sane and normal source control > system, Do you mean a "we can't figure out how to implement parallel development so we'll put a straightjacket on our customers and convince them that it's superior" source control system? > files stay read only until you check them out. Bad Bad Bad B

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bryon Lape wrote: >"Greg A. Woods" wrote: > >> Read Berliner's whole paper. Understand what it means to "force" >> developers to use a "parallel" development paradigm and learn what the >> benefits are. > >The benefits add up to zero. Now, if it did method locking

RE: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Jerry Nairn
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 10:11 PM > [ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 08:24:11 (+0530), > Shubhabrata Sengupta wrote: ] > > Wondering why this enhancement is needed in the commitinfo > interface when > > you can always get the bra

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
"Greg A. Woods" wrote: > Read Berliner's whole paper. Understand what it means to "force" > developers to use a "parallel" development paradigm and learn what the > benefits are. The benefits add up to zero. Now, if it did method locking, that would be helpful, protective AND productive. With

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
Wo? Ich kann nicht es gefunden. Paul Sander wrote: > There's Noel Yap's patches on SourceForge, which apply to a down-rev release > of CVS. I believe that others have implemented it as well, but only privately > in their own shops. Maybe they don't advertise them for fear of being blasted > b

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 11/10/2001 at 23:03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Read Berliner's whole paper. Understand what it means to "force" >developers to use a "parallel" development paradigm and learn what the >benefits are. I understand it, there aren't any. ---

Re: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Shubhabrata Sengupta
Absolutely - I would be relieved if commitinfo scripts get the branch information as well. But I am reluctant to go do it myself because of my unfamiliarity with CVS code and lack of time to gain some familiarity with it. Though there have been patches floating around which achieved the same, for

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
There's Noel Yap's patches on SourceForge, which apply to a down-rev release of CVS. I believe that others have implemented it as well, but only privately in their own shops. Maybe they don't advertise them for fear of being blasted by Greg. --- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Sande

Re: cvs exit status

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
>--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 15:48:53 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: cvs exit status >> >> # Overflow occurs here; an exit status less than 258 indicates an overflow. >> cvs update >> echo "exit status is $?" >My code would say: >

Re: Anyone have VSS2CVS?

2001-10-11 Thread Greg Pratt
Alex, Try www.laine.org:8080/cvs/vss2cvs/ I think his ISP is blocking http inbounds on port 80. -Greg Alex Jacques wrote: > > The site for vss2cvs (http://www.laine.org/cvs/vss2cvs/) is down, and > judging by a previous message to this mailing list > (http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/info-cvs/200

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Friday, October 12, 2001 at 02:17:41 (GMT), Bryon Lape wrote: ] > Subject: Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout > > Paul Sander wrote: > > > If your question really is: "Is anyone making locking a mainstream feature > > of CVS?" Then I believe the answer is "no". > > shame Repeat after me:

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread yap_noel
>> If your question really is: "Is anyone making locking a mainstream feature >> of CVS?" Then I believe the answer is "no". > >shame I think getting real reserved locks into CVS is impossible without chainging CVS so much as to make it not CVS anymore. Of course, you're welcome to try. Noe

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , October 11, 2001 at 17:31:05 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > Why can't I see the log for all of them in one command? Because that's not the way CVS works. > Consider a versioning file system which has a native idea of file version.

Re: cvs edit -c command

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
Sure, if you have the link already. This one produces nothing: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4680 This one produces cvs commands that do not work (no log in allowed): http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=4680 The ftp link is to a directory that does not exist. I stand by w

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
No link to any files produces anything. One cannot download a patch that is not there. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The patches are there for anyone to use. Last I heard, all that's stopping > them from being included with the standard distribution are the lack of > test and doc patches. You're

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
Paul Sander wrote: > If your question really is: "Is anyone modifying CVS to support locking?" > Then I believe the answer is "yes". Who? And where may I get it? > > If your question really is: "Is anyone making locking a mainstream feature > of CVS?" Then I believe the answer is "no". sha

Re: Why can't root check in files?

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Friday, October 12, 2001 at 10:51:23 (+1000), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Why can't root check in files? > > I've looked at it. It is solving a somewhat different problem. It is > not only far heavier tool than what I need, it's also more active (li > kely to reset permissions

Re: cvs exit status

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 15:48:53 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ] > Subject: Re: cvs exit status > > # Overflow occurs here; an exit status less than 258 indicates an overflow. > cvs update > echo "exit status is $?" My code would say: cvs update if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , October 11, 2001 at 18:16:55 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > why? why can't "cvs mv" just rename the *,v file? R.T.F.M. PLEASE! -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098

RE: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 15:14:47 (-0700), Pyatt, Scott wrote: ] > Subject: RE: How to lock CVS for check-in > > I don't know your environment, but branch locking is a common mechanism > for allowing read-only access to a branch. Wel, "DUH!" :-) > It's really quite useful > and giv

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , October 11, 2001 at 17:55:15 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > > * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * On the subject of "Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]" > > * Sent on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:08:07 -0400 (EDT) > > * Honorable

Re: cvs edit -c command

2001-10-11 Thread yap_noel
I don't know what you're talking about. I was able to get the reservations patch at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=4680&atid=304680&file_id=6141&aid=422725 Noel There are no files to download in this project. Looks DOA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The patch is available

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 21:33:05 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > To counter your insulting claim that wishing for a hygienic renaming > feature is illogical. Since that claim was posted here, my reply is > posted here also. Look if

Re: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , October 11, 2001 at 22:27:38 (+0100), James Youngman wrote: ] > Subject: Re: How to lock CVS for check-in > > Speaking as someone who recently came very close to having to use "cvs > co -p" to undo someone else's mistake (they were workign on the wrong > branch by mistake) I disagree. That

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread yap_noel
The patches are there for anyone to use. Last I heard, all that's stopping them from being included with the standard distribution are the lack of test and doc patches. You're welcome to work on them. Welcome to the world of open source. Noel The RCVS part on source forge seems to be dead.

Re: Why can't root check in files?

2001-10-11 Thread luke
On 10 Oct, Mike Castle wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 03:37:47PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > However, I still think that I'm onto something good here - the cvs > > control of Unix config files. Unfortunately, this sensible cvs feature > > utterly prevents me from providing this useful

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Mark Jackson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz Kylheku) writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: > >Let me repeat: You DO NOT want or need to have "cvs log BAR" list > >changes in the file "FOO". To want that is illogical. It is > >unnecessary! > > It's irrational to want the present implementa

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sam Steingold wrote: >> * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: >> >> [ On , October 11, 2001 at 15:48:02 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] >> > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> > >> > But calling "cvs add/rm" "the right way" instea

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: >[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 20:15:10 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] >> In fact, I must stop seeing file renames as legitimate >> version control events. > >I certainly didn't say that either. That's great! I was hoping you'd be goaded int

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
If your question really is: "Is anyone modifying CVS to support locking?" Then I believe the answer is "yes". If your question really is: "Is anyone making locking a mainstream feature of CVS?" Then I believe the answer is "no". Despite the outcry to have this capability, no one with commit a

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Sam Steingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: sam> Could you please elaborate? It is pointless to argue about this. Many have tried before you, and if history is any judge you will accomplish nothing in the attempt. sam> Don't get me wrong. CVS is a great tool. Let's make it even sam> b

RE: Anyone have VSS2CVS?

2001-10-11 Thread Alex Jacques
That did the trick. Much obliged. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Greg Pratt Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 5:11 PM To: Alex Jacques Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Anyone have VSS2CVS? Alex, Try www.laine.org:8080/cvs/vss2cvs/ I t

Re: cvs exit status

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
>--- Forwarded mail from Greg Woods: >[ On Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at 14:43:14 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: cvs exit status >> >> What happens on a Unix system when the exit status exceeds 127? It overflows. >Well, actually it'll depend on a number of factors. I suspect th

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]" > * Sent on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:51:02 -0400 (EDT) > * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: > > [ On , October 11, 2001 at 15:48:02 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] > > Subject: Re: [

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]" > * Sent on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:08:07 -0400 (EDT) > * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: > > I suggest you do a survey of similar tools and count the number that > can do exactly

Re: Removing a repository

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <9q501b$d03$00$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marian Seitner wrote: >Hello! > >I'm new to CVS and recently started a project at www.sourceforge.net > >I created a "test repository" (ok, I really didn't know what I did ;) and >now I want to delete this unused repository. How can I do this? > >Next

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 20:15:10 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > In fact I have the same impression. It consistently *appears* as if Greg > wants people to accept the limitations of CVS to an irrational degree. Well, if you don't wa

RE: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Pyatt, Scott
Greg, I don't know your environment, but branch locking is a common mechanism for allowing read-only access to a branch. It's really quite useful and given the high frequency that this issue pops up in this forum, I'm not alone in my view. I'm not knocking CVS. Nor am I knocking anyone who

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , October 11, 2001 at 15:48:02 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > But calling "cvs add/rm" "the right way" instead of adding "cvs mv" is > not correct - exactly because it leads us to the situation when CVS is > expected to deny the truth

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: >[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 19:15:30 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> >> It's irrational to want the present implementation of a tool to do >> something that it isn't designed to do. C

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]" > * Sent on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:03:50 -0400 (EDT) > * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: > > [ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 05:44:16 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] > > Subject: R

Re: cvs edit -c command

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
There are no files to download in this project. Looks DOA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The patch is available at SourceForge under project RCVS. > > The gist of the patch is: > 1. "cvs edit -c" will abort the edit if another is editing the files. > 2. "cvs edit -f" will force the edit. > 3. "

Re: Module directory nameing....

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
I tried it. It worked finenow if I can just add locking to CVS Bryon Lape wrote: > Does this mean I could do this in the modules file?? > > foo-jsp -d foo foo-jsp/dir > foo-html -d foo foo-html/dir > > and the when a user does this: > > cvs checkout foo-jsp > > it will get copied to foo

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
The RCVS part on source forge seems to be dead. Is anyone really developing locking for CVS? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The most you could hope for in CVS is to install a patch that allows > advisory locks -- reserved locks are counter to the purpose of CVS. You > can find a version of the pat

Re: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread James Youngman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: > [ On , October 11, 2001 at 14:41:17 (-0400), Jake Colman wrote: ] > > Subject: Re: How to lock CVS for check-in > > > > So what do _you_ recommend for implementing branch locking? > > I don't recommend implementing branch locking in CVS at all. > > An

Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

2001-10-11 Thread Bryon Lape
Yeah, file locking is really unproductive. I just love wasting all that time tryin' to figure out why the merge didn't happen and do it all by hand. My boss really likes all the extra cost too. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The most you could hope for in CVS is to install a patch that allows > ad

Help with CVS design

2001-10-11 Thread Chalmers, Tim
Due to the constraints of some software that we have to use, I am forced into a particular directory structure. Multiple developers may need to work on the same file. Each developer has their own working directory. For example: /export/component/src this is the component src directory

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 19:51:13 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > It's only not the same file because of the braindamaged version control > system which cannot represent that semantic idea! As far as the user is > concerned, it is the

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 19:15:30 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > It's irrational to want the present implementation of a tool to do > something that it isn't designed to do. CVS cannot represent the idea > that BAR was once called FO

Removing a repository

2001-10-11 Thread Marian Seitner
Hello! I'm new to CVS and recently started a project at www.sourceforge.net I created a "test repository" (ok, I really didn't know what I did ;) and now I want to delete this unused repository. How can I do this? Next question: I created the main repository but all files have the revision numb

Re: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , October 11, 2001 at 14:41:17 (-0400), Jake Colman wrote: ] > Subject: Re: How to lock CVS for check-in > > So what do _you_ recommend for implementing branch locking? I don't recommend implementing branch locking in CVS at all. Anyone who thinks they need it probably has far larger proble

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sam Steingold wrote: >> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> * On the subject of "Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]" >> * Sent on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:47:09 -0400 (EDT) >> * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: >> >> [ On , October 11, 2001 at

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: >[ On , October 11, 2001 at 10:39:50 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> >> why? this is the same file. > >no, actually it is not. It's only not the same file because of the braindamaged ver

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]" > * Sent on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:47:09 -0400 (EDT) > * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: > > [ On , October 11, 2001 at 10:39:50 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] > > Subject: Re: [

Anyone have VSS2CVS?

2001-10-11 Thread Alex Jacques
The site for vss2cvs (http://www.laine.org/cvs/vss2cvs/) is down, and judging by a previous message to this mailing list (http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/info-cvs/2001-September/019557.html) has been since at least 4 Sep 2001. Does anyone have a copy of this script that they could email, or better

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: >[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 05:44:16 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: >> >> * 'cvs log BAR' does not list changes in file FOO >

Re: notify

2001-10-11 Thread Matt McClure
On Thu Oct 11 2001, 10:31, "Postek, Jeffery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please tell me how I configure the notify CVS admin file along with any > other files to send e-mail to myself or other development personnel in > the event of changing and commiting source files. http://www.cvshome.org/d

Re: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Jake Colman
> "GAW" == Greg A Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GAW> [ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 08:24:11 (+0530), Shubhabrata GAW> Sengupta wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: How to lock CVS for check-in >> >> Wondering why this enhancement is needed in the commitinfo interface >> w

RE: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Pyatt, Scott
Greg, Are you arguing that this functionality be added as part of standard CVS in a future release (which I would prefer) or are you simply suggesting to Shubhabrata to change the CVS code for his or her own needs? -Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Howto solve this in cvs ?

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Monday, October 1, 2001 at 09:12:24 (+), Gerhard Ahuis wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Howto solve this in cvs ? > > Greg A. Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > For many of the same reasons it's literally impossible to ever have true > > multi-vendor support too -- all the benefits of "cvs

Re: cvs exit status

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at 14:43:14 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ] > Subject: Re: cvs exit status > > What happens on a Unix system when the exit status exceeds 127? It overflows. Well, actually it'll depend on a number of factors. I suspect the result is literally "undefined" from the

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , October 11, 2001 at 10:39:50 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > why? this is the same file. no, actually it is not. You are not properly understanding how CVS uses filenames and how it manages change to those files. CVS tracks change

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 01:59:20 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > And not only do you lose the ability to get a file's entire version > history with a single "cvs log", That is not a loss -- it is a gain. You have it backwards. >

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 05:44:16 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg A. Woods wrote: > >> * 'cvs log BAR' does not list changes in file FOO > > > >Of course not You do not want it to! That woul

Re: Why can't root check in files?

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 15:37:47 (+1000), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Why can't root check in files? > > However, I still think that I'm onto something good here - the cvs > control of Unix config files. Unfortunately, this sensible cvs feature > utterly prevents me from

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 02:13:06 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ] > Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] > > This is only true if the user performing the steps above remembers to > include a comment. There's nothing to remember -- the entire process is fully and carefully d

Re: How to lock CVS for check-in

2001-10-11 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 11:11:21 (+0530), Shubhabrata Sengupta wrote: ] > Subject: Re: How to lock CVS for check-in > > At least in pserver access it is and I think it is also available in for > local repository access as well. I am not sure about :ext: access though. > > I agree that

Re: notify

2001-10-11 Thread ar2kcm
Check out the loginfo file from your $CVSROOT Add the following information at the end of the file: ALL (echo ""; id; echo %{sVv}; date; cat) | mailx -s "subject in email" [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] DEFAULT (echo ""; id; echo %{sVv}; date; cat) >> $CVSROOT/CVSR

Re: commit as root.

2001-10-11 Thread Philip Lijnzaad
> Hello everybody! > I have a question. I need to work as root in a specific project. (I would try to find another solution, frankly) > But, when I > try to commit the modified files, I get a message telling that commit cannot > be done as root. Are you using the :ext: protocol, or direct f

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]" > * Sent on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 01:03:59 -0400 (EDT) > * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: > > [ On , October 10, 2001 at 17:31:23 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] > > Subject: Re: [

notify

2001-10-11 Thread Postek, Jeffery
Please tell me how I configure the notify CVS admin file along with any other files to send e-mail to myself or other development personnel in the event of changing and commiting source files. Jeff ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://m

commit as root.

2001-10-11 Thread José Luis Bullón
Hello everybody! I have a question. I need to work as root in a specific project. But, when I try to commit the modified files, I get a message telling that commit cannot be done as root. I am using the motor IDE. Does anybody know a way to commit the changes as root? Thanks very much. __

view differences in the CvsIn

2001-10-11 Thread Greenberger, Hila
Hi, I need some help with the CvsIn (add-on of the WinCvs to the Visual C++). I'm using the Beyond Compare to view the differences between two versions of a file. I've setup the Beyond Compare as an external diff program both in the WinCvs preferences and in the CvsIn. When I've pressed the diff b

Re: SQL shema

2001-10-11 Thread Philip Lijnzaad
> hi, > I was wondering how u people are working with SQL-shema changes... say I > have it under CVS control... > How u automate adding/removing tables and fields, and as special case > populating some of the tables...!! CVS is not a build tool. To make sure that all the schemata and the appl

RE: SQL shema

2001-10-11 Thread Helliwell, Matthew
Use Ant or similar to do the builds and deployment. -Original Message- From: raptor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 11 October 2001 12:00 hi, I was wondering how u people are working with SQL-shema changes... say I have it under CVS control... How u automate adding/removing tables and

Re: CVS + SSH under Unix and automatically use private keys

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Michali
Matt McClure wrote: > > On Tue Oct 09 2001, 13:31, Paul Michali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > However, when I run cvs (command line) from a Unix client, with > > CVS_RSH set to SSH, it prompts me for my passphrase. Is there a way to > > get around this so that it just uses the private key and

SQL shema

2001-10-11 Thread raptor
hi, I was wondering how u people are working with SQL-shema changes... say I have it under CVS control... How u automate adding/removing tables and fields, and as special case populating some of the tables...!! ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Web interfaces that supports the CVSROOT/modules

2001-10-11 Thread David Fuller
http://www.sourceforge.com/projects/cvsbrowser/ It is in beta, and I haven't had time to work on it in a few months, but development is picking up again. It parses the modules file and builds the display based on that, including support for nested modules (&module), including only specific files

Assertion while importing Linux 2.4.12

2001-10-11 Thread Lukas Ruf
Dear all, while I tried to check in Linux 2.4.12 I got the following errors: N linux/CVSROOT/checkoutlist cvs: import.c:577: process_import_file: Assertion `entdata->options[0] == '-' && entdata->options[1] == 'k'' failed. cvs [server aborted]: received abort signal I launched the cvs import on

User & Password to check out cvs tree

2001-10-11 Thread Lukas Ruf
Dear all, maybe I am blind but I can neither find the user nor the password I need to submit when login into: cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs login If someone please could tell me the username and the password just to download the latest code? Thanks in advance, -- Lukas Ruf

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
>--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[ On , October 10, 2001 at 17:31:23 (-0400), Sam Steingold wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> >> if you rename FOO to BAR "the right way", i.e., >> >> $ mv FOO BAR >> $ cvs rm FOO >> $ cvs add BAR >> $ cvs ci BAR >> >>

Re: [kfogel@collab.net: Re: rename in cvs]

2001-10-11 Thread Paul Sander
>--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[ On Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at 14:40:11 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ] >> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs] >> >> In one method, you lose the ability to get a file's entire revision history >> in one place (i.e. you must track down

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CVS for rolling up?

2001-10-11 Thread marty
Hi, the project I'm working in is thinking of moving to CVS. Currently we use SCCS - this was fine in the past, where we only worked on the latest version of our code. Now however, we have three versions. The first two versions are existing releases that are being maintained - the latest version i