Per-directory sticky tags - a possible bug?

2001-07-09 Thread Reinstein, Shlomo
Hi, I'm using CVS version 1.10.7 on Windows (not using the client/server model). I have a CVS project that is made of some directory tree, where the topmost directory does not contain any files: root subdir1 subdir2 ... The root directory of the project (root) does not contain any

Re: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'

2001-07-09 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Monday, July 9, 2001 at 01:03:36 (-0400), Lenny Foner wrote: ] Subject: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root' In that time, you've come across as basically a reactionary force, in the original meaning of that term---in other words, just about any change to CVS has launched

Re: The hated $Log$ keyword

2001-07-09 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Monday, July 9, 2001 at 00:01:01 (-0400), Eric Siegerman wrote: ] Subject: Re: The hated $Log$ keyword and that they contain their markers when they appear in a frozen file. Why is this a problem? I very much prefer it. Suppose, using SCCS or raw RCS, I accidentally edit a file I

Strategy of access

2001-07-09 Thread Andrzej_Michalec
I have briefly searched through this list for some informations about access rigths management, policies etc. but unfortunatelly I got no answer. Can anyone tell me where can I get such informations? Or maybe can give some suggestions: Let me explain current configuration: The main strategy is

CVS comments

2001-07-09 Thread Steve Platt
Hi!, I'm trying to get out of CVS the comments put in(or not!!) by my developers, when they commit a module into CVS. I have looked at the history command and the log command, but can't see how this is achieved. Is it possible to extract the comments submitted by a commit? Thanks Steve

Re: CVS comments

2001-07-09 Thread Karl-Heinz Marbaise
Hi Steve, I'm trying to get out of CVS the comments put in(or not!!) by my developers, when they commit a module into CVS. I have looked at the history command and the log command, but can't see how this is achieved. Is it possible to extract the comments submitted by a commit? Yes, you

hiding CVS directory

2001-07-09 Thread Roger Keays
Hi, Is there any way to rename the CVS directory? Perhaps it would be more appropriately named .CVS Regards, Roger ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: hiding CVS directory

2001-07-09 Thread Matthew Riechers
Roger Keays wrote: Hi, Is there any way to rename the CVS directory? Perhaps it would be more appropriately named .CVS Regards, Roger Not w/o changing the cvs code. Why do you need it hidden? -Matt ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL

Re: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'

2001-07-09 Thread Daniel Beckham
You know.. something I've noticed... On one side there are the people who will never read the manual, but will expect the mailing list, forums, et. al. to answer every little question they have whether it's I can't get my webserver to run cgi scripts or how do I import a new project or I don't

Attention CVS Zealots (was Re: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root')

2001-07-09 Thread John Minnihan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cowed by the thought of having Greg yell at them for days that they're unwilling to start, or if I'm told that no such patch will be accepted to CVS, then it will die here. I generally ignore rants, especially from Mr. Greg Woods. Greg - you're obviously

Re: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'

2001-07-09 Thread Larry Jones
Greg A. Woods writes: It isn't even in the manual, as far as I can see. That's maybe the worst failing of the manual -- there's no (even partial) list of the error messages in one place with links to nodes containing their explanations. Excuse me?

CVS Import

2001-07-09 Thread Rajesh Patwardhan
Title: CVS Import Hello, I went thru the Documentation for creating Import as well as FAQ. This is the scenario 1) I have a sources src_1, src_2, src_3 These are basically versions 1 2 3 of same code. Some files may have changed between the 3 versions. I am trying to import them

Re: cvs log -r

2001-07-09 Thread Zachary M. Smith
Thanks a lot for the tip! I'll give this a shot and see if I can make this work for me. -zach On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 12:21:19AM -0700, Chuck Rossi wrote: On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 01:55:15PM -0700, Chuck Rossi wrote: On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 03:03:01PM -0400, Larry Jones wrote: Zachary M.

Re: CVS loginfo use with pserver

2001-07-09 Thread Larry Jones
Edouard Cugni writes: I have thought that I can use the log.pl script to achieve a nice log file for each project, but I just discovered that all entries are done with the account name (user) of the server, and not the name of the guy who commited the changes ! You need to pass the -u

Re: CVS Import

2001-07-09 Thread Larry Jones
Rajesh Patwardhan writes: I use cvs import -m Message dir_to_import_on_cvs_repo vendor_tag release_tag_1 The first import was good. There was no problem at all. 2) Now I do a import for the second source with cvs import -m Message dir_to_import_on_cvs vendor_tag release_tag_2 This

Re: Protocol error: uncounted data discarded

2001-07-09 Thread Chuck Rossi
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 09:09:27AM -0700, John Minnihan wrote: Hi Chris, I have seen this too, but not consistently. For me, the error occurs only near the end of a very large checkout using a 'universe' defining module name. The error does not exhibit during smaller module checkouts, and

CVS restricte ssh access

2001-07-09 Thread Giuseppe Milicia
Hi guys, perhaps this is a bit off-topic... Anyway, I need to share a CVS repository located in my Personal directory on a Unix machine with a couple of developers. We have no support from the system people so I cannot create new groups/accounts etc. Is there any way to grant these people

Re: CVS comments

2001-07-09 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 11:13:57AM +0100, Steve Platt wrote: I'm trying to get out of CVS the comments put in(or not!!) by my developers, when they commit a module into CVS. I have looked at the history command and the log command, but can't see how this is achieved. cvs log is indeed

Re: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'

2001-07-09 Thread Mike Klinke
Has anyone considered coding a little helper, say, an animated paper clip, that'll help people through the index of the manual? All right! Who threw the tomato? Regards, Mike Klinke - Original Message - From: Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 09,

Re: Protocol error: uncounted data discarded

2001-07-09 Thread John Minnihan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 09:09:27AM -0700, John Minnihan wrote: Hi Chris, I have seen this too, but not consistently. For me, the error occurs only near the end of a very large checkout using a 'universe' defining module name. The error does not exhibit during

Re: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'

2001-07-09 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Monday, July 9, 2001 at 11:40:28 (-0400), Larry Jones wrote: ] Subject: Re: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root' Greg A. Woods writes: It isn't even in the manual, as far as I can see. That's maybe the worst failing of the manual -- there's no (even partial) list of

Re: Protocol error: uncounted data discarded

2001-07-09 Thread Chris Sharpe
FWIW, my workaround was to determine if the checkout really got anything (by testing for existence of the directory or file) and sleeping for ten seconds and trying again. The retry has never failed. Odd. Checking the exit status of cvs wasn't reliable. It returned '0'. I would have expected