Re: Mail after a commit

2001-06-13 Thread Harald Kucharek
Larry Jones wrote: > > Franck LANTRES writes: > > > > In a previous job, users were notified each time a commit was done in the > > database. How do that ? (I didn't find such information in cvshome.org, or > > perhaps I didn't look the right thing ...) > > http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_18

Re: Advantages and Disadvantages of CVSNT

2001-06-13 Thread Mathias Meyer
on Dienstag, 12. Juni 2001 11:23 you wrote: > Um, I don't have much experience with the Windows CVS server, but the > Windows filesystem is case insensitive and Linux's isn't. Linux is > more reliable in general. More development work goes on on CVS > servers on UNIX systems, so bugs should sh

commit problem

2001-06-13 Thread mmlim
Dear Sir, I am using WinCvs1.2 When I try to commit a file after modification, error occur with message like: cvs server: sticky tag `v1-0-0-0' for file `telcom/telcom_tags_pool.dat' is not a branch cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first! *CVS exited normally with code 1* wher

Windows->Linux question.

2001-06-13 Thread Mikael Aronsson
Hi ! I have cvs running on a Windows computer, but I need to compile the files on a Linux box, when I checkout the files on Windows all lines end with CR+LF (normal MS format), is there a way to tell cvs to checkout the files as unix format (LF only) ? Mikael _

Re: CVS with KDE

2001-06-13 Thread Matthew Riechers
Delos Nash wrote: > > Where can I find a good online Acrobat style documentation for using and > setting up CVS with KDevelop? I've never used KDevelop, and I'm not sure what you mean by "Acrobat style", but this should get you started: http://www.kdevelop.org/doc/manual/index-13.html _

Re: mandatory lock

2001-06-13 Thread Noel L Yap
>I am trying to do an mandatory like using the a tag, thought the brach >tag exist, I get the following msg. >cvs admin -lBRANCH_5_10 test.cc >RCS file: /nfs/eagles/export/home/jeeva/mycvs/src/Attic/test.cc,v >cvs admin: /nfs/eagles/export/home/jeeva/mycvs/src/Attic/test.cc,v: >branch BRANCH_5_1

CVS Features

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Popp
Title: CVS Features I'm thinking about using the CVS version control but I am comparing it to an alterative which is Merant's PVCS could you tell me which features CVS has compared to PVCS.                     Merant PVCS         CVS Version Control      

SOLVED!!!: Re: Help with CVSWeb

2001-06-13 Thread Alexander Kamilewicz
Hi all! I've solved my problem described in great detail below, and I thought I'd share with you all so that you can all laugh at me. :) The problem: After installing cvsweb (cvsweb.cgi & cvsweb.conf) via the included instructions, the URL http://foo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi does produce a webpa

Re: CVS Features

2001-06-13 Thread Donald Sharp
Please feel free to read the cvs documentation: http://www.cvshome.org/docs. How did you determine your list of requirements btw? donald On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 08:47:55AM -0400, Adam Popp wrote: > I'm thinking about using the CVS version control but I am comparing it to an > alterative which i

Outsource your Hcfa & UB92 Data Entry & Imaging to Forms Processing Inc

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Web Site CVS

2001-06-13 Thread Andy Gussie
Is anyone currently using wincvs 1.2 to control website creation and managment. I have one small problem when I checkout my website. I can't view any html or gif or any files in my current project. I can only see directories. Is wincvs only for source files, or is there an filter for file types.

RE: Windows->Linux question.

2001-06-13 Thread Kostur, Andre
If you're compiling the files on a Linux box, why aren't you doing the checkout on the Linux box? -Original Message- From: Mikael Aronsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 4:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Windows->Linux question. Hi ! I have cvs running o

Re: cvs rtag -r BRANCH -D date

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ah, interesting. Perhaps you're thinking of email addresses > USER@DOMAIN, with USER being subordinate to DOMAIN on the system, and Good point. I guess it doesn't matter ot me. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org )

Re: Download documentation

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
Jerzy Kaczorowski wrote: > I think that Anke Koelzer meant that it would be great to be able to > download all these HTML files created and placed on the cvshome.org. Why not I put some up at http://ftp.cvshome.org/cvs-1.11.1 and updated the info on the docs page. Derek -- Derek Price

RE: Windows->Linux question.

2001-06-13 Thread Helliwell, Matthew
You could try installing cygwin on your Windows box, choosing the Unix end of line option when you install and then checking out from a bash shell. I get Unix-style end of lines on my PC box when I do that. Matt -Original Message- From: Kostur, Andre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13

Re: Mail after a commit

2001-06-13 Thread Larry Jones
Harald Kucharek writes: > > Hi Larry, one question: Do you run a mail robot on all mail coming in from info_cvs > which parses for keywords and spits out a posting with the appropriate link into > the manual? I *am* a mail robot. :-) -Larry Jones He just doesn't want to face up to the fact th

Re: not able to commit

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
Donald Sharp wrote: > I would highly recommend you read the cvs documentation > about sticky tags and how to properly use them. And note that this is a perfectly valid operation with "stick branches", which the documentation will sometimes refer to as "sticky tags". You might want to read enou

Re: AW: update errors

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
Schell Walter wrote: > >>I'm getting errors when I call update, are these happening because the > >>CVS/Entries file is missing? How can I get these files back from the > >>repository? > > Rename the directory classes und do a checkout classes; seems to me, as if > the directory is not the result

Re: mandatory lock

2001-06-13 Thread Larry Jones
Jeeva Chelladhurai writes: > > cvs admin -lBRANCH_5_10 test.cc > RCS file: /nfs/eagles/export/home/jeeva/mycvs/src/Attic/test.cc,v > cvs admin: /nfs/eagles/export/home/jeeva/mycvs/src/Attic/test.cc,v: > branch BRANCH_5_10 absent Note the message: you can't lock a revision that doesn't exist (CVS

Re: commit problem

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > cvs server: sticky tag `v1-0-0-0' for file `telcom/telcom_tags_pool.dat' is > not a branch > cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first! > *CVS exited normally with code 1* Read the section of the manual on sticky tags, branches, and branching and merging

Questions regarding a repository move

2001-06-13 Thread Luna, Glen
Hello, I am preparing to move several directories from one repository to another. However, I ran into a possible snag. The source repository is 1.10.7 and the destination repository 1.9. We will be transitioning the destination repository to 1.11 in the near future, but the move must come first (

Re: ASCII and Binary

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
tal eran wrote: > Can i use cvs to update web pages that contain ascii(html) and binary(image > files)? Yes. Be sure to tell CVS which files are binary. Please see http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/ for more. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org

Re: Questions regarding a repository move

2001-06-13 Thread Larry Jones
Luna, Glen writes: > > However, I ran into a possible snag. The source repository is 1.10.7 and the > destination repository 1.9. We will be transitioning the destination > repository to 1.11 in the near future, but the move must come first (not my > idea -- it's a directive from the higher ups).

Re: 'cvs log' for changes between revisions shows all revisions for files that do not have the tag

2001-06-13 Thread Jones, Clinton A
After experimenting with cvs2cl.pl, I found that I could not get the log information that I want. The problem is not the script, but in how the cvs log command works. I'm trying to create a ChangeLog that shows only changes that occurred between two releases, but if a file has been added to the

chage of modules in the modules file

2001-06-13 Thread Andreas Wolff
I understood that I can define modules in the module file and that cvs uses the most recent version which is alway checked out in the repository. So this file is used by every body who uses the repository. Consider the following: I released Version1 with a module module1 that consists of dir1 an

how to identify a release

2001-06-13 Thread Andreas Wolff
I want to identify a release of my source. I understood that the tag mechanism can be used for this purpose. But in this case I have to apply the tag to each file. I am afraid that in big projects with lots of files this may take a reasonable amount of time. Is there a better (faster) way to ide

New to CVS

2001-06-13 Thread Michael Justice
Title: New to CVS I have been tasked with setting up CVS at a remote site.  I belive I am almost there with Redhat 7.X but when trying to connect to the server with Wincvs 1.2 I get cvs [login aborted]: connect to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:2401 failed: Object is remote I can not find this error messa

Re: chage of modules in the modules file

2001-06-13 Thread Paul Sander
This is one of CVS' biggest design flaws. No, you cannot check out the original version of the module after the module's definition has been changed. However, you can work around the problem by doing some kind of ad hoc versioning within the module database, e.g. by creating modules with names l

Re: chage of modules in the modules file

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
Andreas Wolff wrote: > I released Version1 with a module module1 that consists of dir1 and dir2 > While developing Version2 I droped dir2 and added dir3, i.e. module1 > consists now of dir1 and dir3. This is now reflected in the current version > of the module file. No. The modules file is not

RE: Web Site CVS

2001-06-13 Thread Eric Boman
Yes indeed it does have filters. There are buttons on the toolbar or there is a menu. -Original Message- From: Andy Gussie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Web Site CVS Is anyone currently using wincvs 1.2 to

Re: CVS bug - invalid change text

2001-06-13 Thread John Minnihan
I do a pre- and post network traversing md5sum against VIFs (Very Important Files) and maintain the outputted hashes for comparison. By this, I mean that I maintain a checkout on the repo box itself, eliminating any network travel at all. (Perhaps the file i/o is sent through the loopback in th

Re: how to identify a release

2001-06-13 Thread Matthew Riechers
Andreas Wolff wrote: > > I want to identify a release of my source. > > I understood that the tag mechanism can be used for this purpose. But in > this case I have to apply the tag to each file. I am afraid that in big > projects with lots of files this may take a reasonable amount of time. > >

Re: how to identify a release

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
Andreas Wolff wrote: > I want to identify a release of my source. > > I understood that the tag mechanism can be used for this purpose. But in > this case I have to apply the tag to each file. I am afraid that in big > projects with lots of files this may take a reasonable amount of time. > > Is

Re: how to identify a release

2001-06-13 Thread Larry Jones
Andreas Wolff writes: > > I understood that the tag mechanism can be used for this purpose. But in > this case I have to apply the tag to each file. I am afraid that in big > projects with lots of files this may take a reasonable amount of time. > > Is there a better (faster) way to identify a r

RE: "Stale" CVS locks

2001-06-13 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at 08:25:02 (+0300), Reinstein, Shlomo wrote: ] > Subject: RE: "Stale" CVS locks > > Thanks for the info. I would just like to make a small clarification: If the > user clicks Ctrl+C, CVS traps the signal and cleans up the locks. However, > it doesn't do so when the u

How to set up a complex project

2001-06-13 Thread Fran Fabrizio
Hello, Until now I've only used CVS to set up relatively simple projects, and now I'm needing to do something a little more complicated. I have a lot of questions about how to properly leverage CVS in this situation. The situation is as follows: We're working with uClinux. We have need to cu

Re: Windows->Linux question.

2001-06-13 Thread Mikael Aronsson
My ADSL internet connection does not work with Linux (yet) Mikael - Original Message - From: "Kostur, Andre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mikael Aronsson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 3:49 PM Subject: RE: Windows->Linux question. > If you're com

Re: 'cvs log' for changes between revisions shows all revisions for files that do not have the tag

2001-06-13 Thread Alexander Kamilewicz
"Jones, Clinton A" wrote: > > After experimenting with cvs2cl.pl, I found that I could not get the log > information that I want. The problem is not the script, but in how the cvs > log command works. > > I'm trying to create a ChangeLog that shows only changes that occurred > between two relea

Re: Mail after a commit

2001-06-13 Thread Alexander Kamilewicz
Larry Jones wrote: > > Harald Kucharek writes: > > > > Hi Larry, one question: Do you run a mail robot on all mail coming in from info_cvs > > which parses for keywords and spits out a posting with the appropriate link into > > the manual? > > I *am* a mail robot. :-) > > -Larry Jones "Larry

Re: how to identify a release

2001-06-13 Thread Alexander Kamilewicz
Matthew Riechers wrote: > > Andreas Wolff wrote: > > > > I want to identify a release of my source. > > > > I understood that the tag mechanism can be used for this purpose. But in > > this case I have to apply the tag to each file. I am afraid that in big > > projects with lots of files this may

Re: How to set up a complex project

2001-06-13 Thread Larry Jones
Fran Fabrizio writes: > > So, I was wondering, if we were to use their latest tarball as the base > of our CVS (first question: will there be a problem having a CVS project > that large?) and then edit and check in our changes off of that, I think > that would work, with a few questions. Yes, th

Re: How to set up a complex project

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
Fran Fabrizio wrote: > - What happens when they release a new tarball? We've already made > changes to some of their stuff so do I create a new vendor branch, put > their new stuff on it, and then merge the branches? Just reimport it. CVS will manage the merge for you. Read the manual on vend

Re: How to set up a complex project

2001-06-13 Thread Alexander Kamilewicz
Fran Fabrizio wrote: > > Hello, > > Until now I've only used CVS to set up relatively simple projects, and > now I'm needing to do something a little more complicated. I have a lot > of questions about how to properly leverage CVS in this situation. The > situation is as follows: > > We're wo

Re: Windows->Linux question.

2001-06-13 Thread Alexander Kamilewicz
Mikael Aronsson wrote: > > My ADSL internet connection does not work with Linux (yet) If possible, you want to get yourself one of these: http://www.ars-technica.com/reviews/01q2/netgear/rt314-1.html ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

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Re: Maintaining branches...

2001-06-13 Thread Ralph Mack
[Quoth Stephen Cameron...] > There is no merge history. OUCH! That should probably be mentioned when people are comparing CVS to things like ClearCase. Merge history is an important feature. In ClearCase, you can get a version tree for each file showing every branch and merge that ever occurred,

Re: Maintaining branches...

2001-06-13 Thread Mike Castle
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:25:18PM -0400, Ralph Mack wrote: > Maybe the term "merge" is ambiguous. My concept of a merge is: > 0. select a reference version and a from and to version > 1. make a diff from the reference version to the "from" version > 2. make a diff from the reference version to th

Re: Maintaining branches...

2001-06-13 Thread Ralph Mack
[Quoth I... :-)] > 0. select a reference version and a from and to version > 1. make a diff from the reference version to the "from" version > 2. make a diff from the reference version to the "to" version > 3. merge the diffs (preferably with optional user input), and > 4. apply the result to the

Re: Maintaining branches...

2001-06-13 Thread Paul Sander
This is all true. The "from" version is usually specified by the user with a -j option. The "to" version is the one in the user's workspace. The reference version can be given with a second -j option, but by default it's the version at the intersection of the branches that include the "from" an

Re: Advantages and Disadvantages of CVSNT

2001-06-13 Thread Laine Stump
What about the capabilities of commitinfo, loginfo, taginfo. I would imagine those must be limited on an NT server, since it won't have all the same commands available. (I'm just guessing though, as I've never run it on NT. It's something you should investigate though). Also, what about the more

Re: Maintaining branches...

2001-06-13 Thread Mike Castle
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 09:00:09PM -0700, Paul Sander wrote: > If CVS had and equivalent to ClearCase' merge arrows, then a more intelligent > choice could be made for the reference version, reducing the distances of the > diffs and eliminating the needless conflicts. Of course, that's nearly imp

RE: "Stale" CVS locks

2001-06-13 Thread Reinstein, Shlomo
Hi, We work on CVS on both Windows NT/2000 and Linux. Most of the time we work on Windows, and Windows users are used to Ctrl+Break... Anyway, yesterday Larry Jones told me I should still send a bug report about this, so I did that. About SIGQUIT, I don't know, I am not familiar with the Unix sign

Re: Maintaining branches...

2001-06-13 Thread Paul Sander
Is there some reason why the -j's could not be recorded in the CVS directory, and corrected with each update? The joins shouldn't be recorded in the repository until the commits are done anyway. -j makes a notation in the CVS directory (or appends an existing one if multiple joins are done betwe

RE: how to identify a release

2001-06-13 Thread Helliwell, Matthew
Don't know about that but one thing that has come up before it that you should look at using rtag instead of tag so that the operations getting recording in the history. Matt -Original Message- From: Andreas Wolff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 June 2001 18:55 I want to identify a

RE: IPv6

2001-06-13 Thread KOIE Hidetaka
From: Donald Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Re: IPv6 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:30:29 +0900 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > Just try "cvs -d :pserver:user@::1:/some/path/cvsroot co module". | > Note, that ::1 is an ipv6 address for localhost. | | Couldn't yo

Re: Where is CVS for SunOS 5.7 ???

2001-06-13 Thread Derek R. Price
Alexey Mahotkin wrote: > > "SB" == Stan Berka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > SB> Because the only thing I see is for 5.6 and earlier. Please, help! > > As far as I know, it should be somewhere at http://www.sunfreeware.com/. You can look, but they've been slow to update to new releases of

Re: CVS bug - invalid change text

2001-06-13 Thread Larry Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I was not complaining about wrong text in the sources checked out or in the > repository > (this might be caused indeed by network problems), > but I was complaining about the internal integrity of the CVS repository. > The internal syntax/structure of the repository

[ANNOUNCE] cvs-nserver 1.11.1.1 released

2001-06-13 Thread Alexey Mahotkin
Hello, I've released cvs-nserver 1.11.1.1. cvs-nserver homepage is at http://alexm.here.ru/cvs-nserver/ You can download distribution (and patches wrt CVS 1.11.1) from http://alexm.here.ru/cvs-nserver/download/ cvs-nserver is the almost complete rewrite of server side CV