Re: rename question -- urgent!!

2001-04-12 Thread David L. Martin
- Original Message - From: "Chen, Susie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have two branches (A and B) off the HEAD. Both branches have a file > "old.txt". What I have done is: > > 1) On branch B, rename the file from to by > removing,adding and then committing > 2) merge branch B into HEAD At

CVS lock error-help needed

2001-04-12 Thread Paddy T
Hi I am getting the following CVS lock error. One developer tried CVS update and got the error "cvs update aborted fatal signal 11 sent cvs locks may need cleaning up" at the file /$CVSROOT/src/images/fforward.bmp Then she tried the update several times before informing me. When I saw in that

Re: Help! Forcing Visual Merge... (WinCvs)

2001-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
Marc Berenbach writes: > > Basically, is there a way for CVS to detect this, and what settings > would we need to change in WinCVS to make this possible... I am working > with revision 1.4 on my machine, the one on the server is 1.6, and I > choose to commit... I want it to stop right there and

Re: -t/-f in cvswrappers

2001-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
DAve Goodrich writes: > > Hello all. I'm running into a problem with clients that send files to the > repository with Mac or Win file endings. What clients are these? It is the client's responsibility to convert text files from whatever the local line ending convention is to the canonical line-

Re: cannot create_adm_p

2001-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
Stephen Morley writes: > > I'm installing cvs on a new server and want to start using pserver. I'm > getting the following error when I try to use any cvs command: > ~/test > [13:34:47]$cvs checkout shared-tcl > cannot create_adm_p /tmp/cvs-serv25355/shared-tcl > Permission denied [...] > I have

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
Russ Tremain writes: > > you can use -D with -r , but sometimes it is confusing. > if is a simple tag, and not a branch tag, you might > not get what you expect. If you specify both a specific revision and a specific date, I don't see how you would know *what* to expect. -Larry Jones In short

Re: importing vendor branches

2001-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
Fergus Henderson writes: > > The reason that this broke things is that `cvs checkout' > was checking out inconsistent versions of different files. > After the import, some files -- those which we had not modified -- now > had revision 1.1.2 on the vendor branch, and only 1.1 on the main branch, >

Help! Forcing Visual Merge... (WinCvs)

2001-04-12 Thread Marc Berenbach
Hi everyone, I am new to CVS, but not versioning control... I have used PVCS and SourceSafe in the past few years. I am now the owner of a CVS system, and I have a question... Is there a way that I can force developers to review a change using visual differencing if a file has been changed from

rename question -- urgent!!

2001-04-12 Thread Chen, Susie
I have two branches (A and B) off the HEAD. Both branches have a file "old.txt". What I have done is: 1) On branch B, rename the file from to by removing,adding and then committing 2) merge branch B into HEAD Next I am planning to merge branch A into HEAD. But the filename in A is still "old.t

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Noel L Yap
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.04.12 14:34:33 >> "Mike" == Mike Castle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Mike> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:06:22PM -0700, Paul Sander wrote: > >> - If a branch is merged multiple times to an ancestor, don't count > >> the result of the prior merge as a conflict. (R

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Joseph Dane
> "Mike" == Mike Castle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:06:22PM -0700, Paul Sander wrote: >> - If a branch is merged multiple times to an ancestor, don't count >> the result of the prior merge as a conflict. (Remember, CVS >> performs a Mike> As I said in a

-t/-f in cvswrappers

2001-04-12 Thread DAve Goodrich
Hello all. I'm running into a problem with clients that send files to the repository with Mac or Win file endings. Not a problem I thought, opened cvswrappers and added *.inc -t 'mac2unix.pl %s' *.class -t 'mac2unix.pl %s' *.html -t 'mac2unix.pl %s' *.php -t 'mac2unix.pl %s' *.inc -t 'win2unix.pl

RE: loginfo for windows2000 server

2001-04-12 Thread Jerry Nairn
Something like: ^cyclic-pages ( date /t & more & start /dU:\www\local-docs cmd /c cvs -q update -d ) Jerry Re: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 10:20 AM >the background. Here is an example for unix (this should all be on one >line): >^cyclic-

cannot create_adm_p

2001-04-12 Thread Stephen Morley
I'm installing cvs on a new server and want to start using pserver. I'm getting the following error when I try to use any cvs command: ~/test [13:34:47]$cvs checkout shared-tcl cannot create_adm_p /tmp/cvs-serv25355/shared-tcl Permission denied The entry in the inetd.conf is cvspserver stream tcp

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Noel L Yap
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.04.12 13:31:41 >On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:29:59AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.04.12 11:14:55 >> >I thought we were talking about a generic tool that would do a merge for >> >any arbitrary file and save it to disk. What needs to use CVS/Entr

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Mike Castle
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:29:59AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.04.12 11:14:55 > >I thought we were talking about a generic tool that would do a merge for > >any arbitrary file and save it to disk. What needs to use CVS/Entries? > > Should CVS be told about the merge? Ah

loginfo for windows2000 server

2001-04-12 Thread rapp
The CVS manual speaketh thusly: "C.7.2 Keeping a checked out copy "It is often useful to maintain a directory tree which contains files which correspond to the latest version in the repository. For example, other developers might want to refer to the latest sources without having to check them o

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Paul Sander
It would not be necessary for the merge tool itself to muck around with CVS metadata. Just have CVS do that and invoke an external tool to perform the actual work of the merge. --- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.04.11 21:31:01 >On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:06:22PM

Re: Can the -D option be used on a branch?

2001-04-12 Thread Russ Tremain
you can use -D with -r , but sometimes it is confusing. if is a simple tag, and not a branch tag, you might not get what you expect. -Russ At 10:56 PM -0700 4/11/01, David L. Martin wrote: >> David L. Martin writes: >> > >> > I'd like to be able to checkout from a branch but take revisions tha

Re: Question

2001-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
FORTINI Massimiliano writes: > > When I deleted a file from CVS repository with Remove Selection and then > Commit, Cvs created a subdirectory called Attic where he maintained the file > deleted. > What's he behavioral? CVS moves the file into the Attic so it doesn't need to even look at it for

Re: moving of repository

2001-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
Sudarshan writes: > > I have created a repository in /projects with module testproj1. > > I have created another repository in /projects/project1 with one module > projarun. > > Now i want to move the module testporj1 into second repository with all > the versions of file which was similar as

importing vendor branches

2001-04-12 Thread Fergus Henderson
I recently did a `cvs import' to update the version of a third-party package that we use in our product. Unfortunately, this import immediately broke our repository; the automated cron tests started failing, developers on the other side of the planet complained because they couldn't build from CV

Re: Question

2001-04-12 Thread Dennis Jones
CVS maintains deleted files so that it can recreate your development tree based on any previous revision, tag, branch, or date. If files were REALLY deleted, it would be impossible for CVS to re-create earlier versions of those files if you needed them. - Dennis - Original Message - Fro

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Noel L Yap
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.04.12 11:14:55 >On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:05:51AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote: >> If a wrapper tool were used, it would necessarily have to munge around the >> CVS/Entries file which is supposed to be internal to CVS (eg its implementation >> could change or it could dis

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Mike Castle
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:05:51AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote: > If a wrapper tool were used, it would necessarily have to munge around the > CVS/Entries file which is supposed to be internal to CVS (eg its implementation > could change or it could disappear altogether in the future). Huh? I though

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Noel L Yap
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.04.11 21:31:01 >On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:06:22PM -0700, Paul Sander wrote: >> - Invoke a type-specific merge tool, ideally one of the user's choice. > >Actually, simply "an external tool. Period" would be sufficient. Then >said external tool can have whatever inte

Re: recover deleted files

2001-04-12 Thread David L. Martin
I would first *copy* all of your working area containing the repository-deleted files to a backup area. Next, I'd suggest using import - select the directory in your working area containing the repository-deleted files and set the path on the remote server as the start of the deleted repository

Minor bugfix patch

2001-04-12 Thread Mike Pumford
Attached is a patch which fixes a bug in the Windows command line version of CVS allowing Windows users to do cvs checkout . The patch was developed against 1.10.5 but still applies cleanly to 1.11. Any chance of this patch making it into the main tree? Mike filesubr.patch

RE: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Patrick Lynch
Good morning, Hi, I'm a long time independent contractor and a 'newbie' to WinCvs and CVS. I've used many version control systems including SCCS, PVCS, Source Safe and a variety of Customer created systems. My last Customer, at the insistance of their Development Staff, replaced Source Safe with

moving of repository

2001-04-12 Thread Sudarshan
I have created a repository in /projects with module testproj1. I have created another repository in /projects/project1 with one module projarun. Now i want to move the module testporj1 into second repository with all the versions of file which was similar as it was in previously. how should i

Question

2001-04-12 Thread FORTINI Massimiliano
Hi, my name's Massimiliano. I have a question. When I deleted a file from CVS repository with Remove Selection and then Commit, Cvs created a subdirectory called Attic where he maintained the file deleted. What's he behavioral? Thankx in advance Massimiliano Fortini E

recover deleted files

2001-04-12 Thread JavaSoft
Hi, I have a question, there's a folder that consists some files and some sub folders in CVS server under linux. But some of files and sub folders in the Main Folder deleted manually accidently. But the source still available in my local drive. From Win CVS client i saw the sub folders and thos

RE: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Jan Grant
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There are obviously some areas where CVS can be improved - no doubt. > But if you compare it to some other commercial SCM system that I'm > familiar with, e.g. ENVY that comes with IBM's Visual Age for Java or > PVCS, it is much, much superior. If Cl

AW: why does wincvs show all files as modified

2001-04-12 Thread Drews, Sascha
hi chuck, hi anyone, i think my problem is caused by different timestamps, but i don't know a solution by now. after reading your mail (chuck) i compared both the two computers. my cvs-server "lives" in timezone gmt+1 (germany...) and its actual time then was 09:25:00. my wincvs-client also is in

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Paul Sander
--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:06:22PM -0700, Paul Sander wrote: >> - If a branch is merged multiple times to an ancestor, don't count the >> result of the prior merge as a conflict. (Remember, CVS performs a >As I said in an earlier post, this can be sc

Re: CVS bashing?

2001-04-12 Thread Paul Sander
--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 05:21:26PM -0700, Paul Sander wrote: >> - The *info files accept a comprehensive list of sources on their command >> lines, limiting their scalability. (After a branch merge on a very large >> project, the command line buffe