(newbie) Which is the actual cvsroot?/remote repository access
Hello, 1.) Using Linux (Redhat 8.0) I set up a cvs repository at /usr/local/cvsroot. That created a subdirectory named CVSROOT underneath it. Now, whenever a command requests the path to CVS root (e.g., in setting up xinetd pserver service, checkout/update commands, etc.)--I'm confused which directory CVS considers as the root: /usr/local/cvsroot or /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT? 2.) Also, in trying to access a Linux CVS server from Windows NT, do I need WinCVS or another CVS client on my NT machine if using pserver authentication? (I would like to do CVS commands using Ant--I installed WinCVS, but I think WinCVS may be unnecessary for my purposes.) Thanks, Glen ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: (newbie) Which is the actual cvsroot?/remote repository access
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 04:28:43PM -0500, Mazza, Glen R., ,CPMS wrote: I'm confused which directory CVS considers as the root: /usr/local/cvsroot or /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT? /usr/local/cvsroot -- | | /\ |-_|/ Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont.[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | / Just Say No to the faceless cannonfodder stereotype. - http://www.ainurin.net/ (an Orc site) ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: (newbie) Which is the actual cvsroot?/remote repository access
Mazza, Glen R., ,CPMS writes: 1.) Using Linux (Redhat 8.0) I set up a cvs repository at /usr/local/cvsroot. That created a subdirectory named CVSROOT underneath it. Now, whenever a command requests the path to CVS root (e.g., in setting up xinetd pserver service, checkout/update commands, etc.)--I'm confused which directory CVS considers as the root: /usr/local/cvsroot or /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT? /usr/local/cvsroot. CVSROOT is a top-level module in the repository where CVS stores its administrative files that is created automagically when you initialize the repository. Other than the automagic creation, it's no different than any other top-level module. 2.) Also, in trying to access a Linux CVS server from Windows NT, do I need WinCVS or another CVS client on my NT machine if using pserver authentication? (I would like to do CVS commands using Ant--I installed WinCVS, but I think WinCVS may be unnecessary for my purposes.) Yes, you need some kind of CVS client. -Larry Jones What better way to spend one's freedom than eating chocolate cereal and watching cartoons! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: (newbie) Which is the actual cvsroot?/remote repository access
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Mazza, Glen R., ,CPMS wrote: 1.) Using Linux (Redhat 8.0) I set up a cvs repository at /usr/local/cvsroot. That created a subdirectory named CVSROOT underneath it. Now, whenever a command requests the path to CVS root (e.g., in setting up xinetd pserver service, checkout/update commands, etc.)--I'm confused which directory CVS considers as the root: /usr/local/cvsroot or /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT? CVSROOT is actually a directory that contains repository configuration. It can be checked out as a module; changes committed to the files belonging to this module bring about dynamic configuration changes in the repository. It should have been named CVSCONFIG or something else; giving it the same name as that of the CVSROOT environment variable was a crass stupidity that only causes confusion. 2.) Also, in trying to access a Linux CVS server from Windows NT, do I need WinCVS or another CVS client on my NT machine if using pserver authentication? You cannot use a CVS repository without CVS software. ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: (newbie) Which is the actual cvsroot?/remote repository access
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 04:34:57PM -0500, Larry Jones wrote: Mazza, Glen R., ,CPMS writes: 2.) Also, in trying to access a Linux CVS server from Windows NT, do I need WinCVS or another CVS client on my NT machine if using pserver authentication? (I would like to do CVS commands using Ant--I installed WinCVS, but I think WinCVS may be unnecessary for my purposes.) Yes, you need some kind of CVS client. True, but Ant might *be* a CVS client. I don't know for sure, having never used its CVS support, but it's a good possibility. Unlike make (but like CVS itself :-), Ant tends to slurp into itself any usually-external functionality that might be needed. An Ant mailing list might be a better place to ask about this. -- | | /\ |-_|/ Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont.[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | / Just Say No to the faceless cannonfodder stereotype. - http://www.ainurin.net/ (an Orc site) ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
RE: (newbie) Which is the actual cvsroot?/remote repository access
Eric Siegerman writes: True, but Ant might *be* a CVS client. :-). No, it's not. There are Ant cvs tasks, but they work by exec'ing a standalone CVS client. -- Shankar. PS There is a Java CVS client library, however, that's part of NetBeans, and has been used as the basis for other CVS clients as well (e.g. SmartCVS). In theory, it could be integrated into Ant.. ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
