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I have a requirement to lock a branch just before the release. I tried to
browse thru the documentation and did get some idea.
Has someone implemented it?
If so could you please share the details?
Like Jim said, you can use
Hi,
Is there a way to determine the date (and maybe time) that a branch tag was
created?
- Dennis
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No, it does not; hence the name, Concurrent Versions System. When multiple
users have the same file checked out, each can make independent changes
simultaneously. CVS does the dirty work of merging the changes when the
file is committed back to the repository.
- Dennis
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From: Greg A. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: CVS-II Discussion Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Multi-branch modules possible?
[ On Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 19:05:12 (-0800
Along the lines of Andy Jones' Tagging across branches thread posted
earlier today, I have a similar question.
There have been many occasions in which I have wished it were possible to
have a module where some directories were on one branch, and some
directories were on another (and so on). I
I only have Visual C++ 6.0 and various Borland C/C++ compilers.
How much flexibility do we have deviating away from Visual C++ 5?
Well, fact of the matter is, I only have VC++ 6.0 too, so unless someone
who has VC++ 5.0 wants to help out, we'll have to drop support for VC++
5.0.
If you
- Original Message -
From: Derek Robert Price [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: CVS Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Building CVS on Windows is broken...again
Dennis Jones wrote:
The latest version of CVS
The latest version of CVS (1.11.13) fails to build on Windows...again.
Building from the command line using NMAKE, results in the following errors:
.\src\subr.c(939) : error C2065: 'F_GETFL' : undeclared identifier
.\src\subr.c(942) : error C2065: 'F_SETFL' : undeclared identifier
Hello,
I have a CVS server (version 1.11.1.1) running on Linux 6.x, and I have one
user who is complaining today about the following error:
cvs [update aborted]: writing to server socket: Connection reset by peer
He is the only one having trouble, and I can access the server just fine
locally
Some follow-up info:
I did find one person with the same error, but the problem in his case was
an incorrectly configured router. I have not changed my router or its port
forwarding settings. This just started today, and has been working fine for
about two years.
Any help would be
cvs add will not work without an existing repository, so you must use cvs
import if you are creating a new repository.
- Dennis
Does anyone recommend cvs add for this vs. cvs import if vendor
branches are not being used? Reasons?
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it will continue to work
as before. Maybe it was just some momentary interuptions in his Internet
connection?
- Dennis
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From: Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Need
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From: Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: Easy way to flush history/versions of repository?
As long as you've created a repository with cvs init, you *have* an
existing repository
You need everything starting at $CVSROOT. Note that $CVSROOT is NOT the
same thing as the CVSROOT directory in the repository. CVSROOT is, in
fact, a sub-directory of $CVSROOT:
$CVSROOT (where $CVSROOT might be defined as, /vol/cvs [for example])
\CVSROOT
\ other repository directories
Did you try this? (you didn't follow the instructions that came with your
subscription!)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: unsubscribe
- Dennis
Luna, Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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I remember in the past watching people asking to unsubscribe from this
list.
I
Come on guys...for goodness sake, give it a rest (or take it offline).
I think it is safe to say that most of the subscribers of this list would
rather not have all this bickering cluttering their Inbox.
Agree to disagree, and leave it at that.
- Dennis
I don't think it really matters what KIND of machine you are using, as long
as it will run Linux. I am currently using an old IBM Aptiva running Red
Hat Linux 6.1 with CVS 1.11.1p1, and it works just fine.
Generally speaking, later versions of CVS are better, but just about any
version of CVS
I might also add that turning on compression helps a lot when you have to
connect to the CVS server via modem.
- Dennis
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From: John Minnihan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Two CVS
Since he is using WinCVS, he probably wants to use a graphical diff tool
(supported by WinCVS), and graphical diff tools are MUCH more useful than
the command line cvs diff.
You can use Microsoft's WinDiff (which is not all that great), or you can
use StarBase's Visual Diff (which is much
1. I've seen the same thing...doing an update from within WinCVS seems to
correct it.
2. No idea. Permissions on the repository directory perhaps?
- Dennis
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 9:08 AM
Subject: WinCvs problems
With the possible exception of mySQL, those are all excellent examples of
great software packages that are version controlled with CVS.
I used to work in the Video division (which is now Grass Valley Group) of
Tektronix, and until about a year ago, they used CVS for all of their
revision control
No, it is mounted locally on a server...we are using pserver mode in a
client/server environment.
Thanks, I'll try checking out different revisions until I find an error.
- Dennis
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From: Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL
: Strange error: EOF in value...
Dennis Jones wrote:
I am getting the following message in a couple of files when checking
out a
branch. The main branch (top-of-trunk) checks out fine, but several
other
branches are having trouble. Apparently, people that already have the
branch
your script. It seems to have found lots
more corrupt files in our repository. Ah, don't you just love computers?
- Dennis
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From: Donald Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, June
When I do an update, I get the message,
Terminated with fatal signal 11
It seems to be happening in the same place everytime, so I went to the
directory on the CVS server where it stops, did an ls and found some
#cvs.rfl files there. If I try to list those files (using ls -la) to
get their
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From: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CVS Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 8:30 AM
Subject: fatal signal and .rfl locks
When I do an update, I get the message,
Terminated with fatal signal 11
It seems to be happening in the same place
ASAP.
- Dennis
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From: Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: fatal signal and .rfl locks
Dennis Jones writes:
Well, I couldn't wait for an answer, so I deleted
project files. As soon as the project file
format changes significantly enough, older environments will stop working.
- Dennis
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From: Jerzy Kaczorowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Derek R. Price
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL
Yes, the Windows version of CVS runs fine on 2000.
- Dennis
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Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: Windows 2000 and .cvs
Hello,
i would like to install .cvs but I am not sure if 95/NT version
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From: Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: somebody...where's zlib.dsp in the CVS source (v1.11.1
1.11.1p1)?
Dennis Jones writes:
The ZLIB.DSP VC++ project file appears
I'm re-posting this because my original question seems to have been lost (or
ignored) in the swarm of other questions.
The ZLIB.DSP VC++ project file appears to be missing from the source of
version 1.11.1 and the new patch, 1.11.1p1. Did someone forget to include
it in the source distribution?
Hi,
I just downloaded the 1.11.1 and 1.11.1p1 source code tar files. I can't
build either of them because apparently they are missing the zlib .DSP
project file. Did someone goof?
- Dennis
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it, but then it
will happen on another file. It is very annoying.
- Dennis
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From: Dennis Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CVS Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: 1.11.1 and 1.11.1p1 VC++ projects are missing ZLIB
Hi,
I just downloaded the 1.11.1
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
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In my /tmp directory (Linux), there is a /cvs-serv4584 directory with
various other directories that appear to at least partly duplicate portions
of one of the subdirectories in my repository. The files in there now are
about 5 days old, and take up about 11Mb. How are these directories/files
Larry Jones" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Dennis Jones" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "CVS Mailing List" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: speaking of /tmp
Dennis Jones writes:
In my /tmp directory (Linux), there is a /cvs-serv4584
Is that two FORWARD slashes in the path? That could be your problem. Do
not use forward slashes. On your Admin|Preferences|WinCVS dialog, try using
"C:\" (without the quotes) for your "HOME" folder.
- Dennis
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From: "Sudarshan" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
Hi,
Both the CVS manual and the loginfo file state that the "regex" portion of a
line in loginfo refer to a directory name. However, I have a situation in
which I do not want to log commits of one particular file. Can I use a
filename in the loginfo line instead of a path (so as to refer to
I currently use RedHat Linux 6.2 as the CVS server,
and multiple NT boxes as clients, so it sounds like your setup is very much like
mine. If this mailing list is any indication, unless you are using RedHat
Linux 7.0, CVS installation and setup should go quite smoothly. I had
almost no
You should never access the repository directly...instead, you should check
the files out to your local hard drive and view/modify them locally.
- Dennis
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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 6:35 AM
Subject: Seeing what is on
I am trying to merge changes made on a branch (identified by 'branch-tag')
into the main trunk:
cvs up -j branch-tag
but I get the following error:
cvs server: Updating .
RCS file: /vol/cvs/Projects/About/About.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.4.2.1
Merging differences
Thanks for all the answers on this subject, folks. I get it.
- Dennis
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From: "David L. Martin" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Se
or directories
to this branch, all the new files end up in Attic subdirectories in the
repository. Why is that? Shouldn't files only go into the Attic when they
are removed, not added? I am using CVS 1.11 on both client (Windows) and
server (Linux).
Thanks
- Dennis Jones
If we are signing a petition here, you can put me on it too. I really
dislike having to use import at all, whether for new modules, or even for
vendor branhces.
While most people have said they don't want to complain, or be critical
about CVS's lack of support in this area, I will be honest and
If your developers are communicating well, and they are updating and
checking in their changes regularly, there will not be many conflicts, and
even when there are, they will be minor. If you don't want this behavior,
then you might as well not use CVS at all, because the whole reason it was
As I mentioned a few days ago, I am trying to convert what once were binary
files to text. Following what appeared to be a good solution from this
mailing list, I tried the following:
cat /dev/null filename.ext
cvs ci -m 'kb - kv' filename.ext
cvs admin -kkv filename.ext
copy file from good
Nevermind. I guess the user still just has to do a 'cvs up -A' to remove
the stickiness of the keyword substitution. Not an ideal situation, but it
gets the job done.
- Dennis
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From: "Dennis Jones" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This one, and Eugene's ideas are both good. Thanks for the ideas!
- Dennis
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: Converting
his
binary version of a file should get replaced with the text one. Sound like
it will work?
- Dennis
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From:
Dennis Jones
To: CVS Mailing List
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:13
PM
Subject: Converting binary files to
text
Our
filename.ext # commit the add
At this point, the repository is correct, and a 'cvs up -A' by the user gets
him the correct file in his local trees. It's a little convoluted, but it
seems to work.
- Dennis
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From: "Larry Jones" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: &qu
The default configuration should include support for all modes of access (I
don't think any are explicitly disabled). I've built different versions of
CVS (1.10.8 and 1.11 specifically) several times (for Linux and MS-Windows)
without ever making any changes to the source or the configuration
See:
http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_18.html#SEC173
- Dennis
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From: "Yon Rosenthal" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:20 AM
Subject: ignoring files when committing, but not when checking out
I want to have a file that
Oops. I guess I didn't read your question carefully enough before
responding with my first reply. Sorry Yon.
- Dennis
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From: "Yon Rosenthal" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:20 AM
Subject: ignoring files when committing,
I am currently running a CVS 1.10.8 server on a
Linux machine, withclients that areall Windows (95/98/NT/2000)
machines. All of the Windows clients are also version 1.10.8, which I got
quite some time ago in the form of a binary from the internet.
I am thinking about upgrading toCVS 1.11,
No - at least not by default. The log messages are saved as part of the RCS
information for each file. If you want to have the log messages saved
somewhere else, you have to write a script to do that for you. Although I
have never used them myself (I wrote some of my own), there are some
I checkout 'CVSROOT' and modify the modules file all the time, and it IS
versioned. I can do a 'cvs log' command on it just like any other file in
the repository, and I see all the different versions and log messages I have
entered in the past.
- Dennis
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From:
We have noticed that some of our files in CVS are
getting off-by-one bit errors. For example, in a text file, an 'L' is
converted into a 'K' and a space into a '1' (two bits were modified here).
This is not too bad in text files because a differencing tool will usually
detect the problem,
We have noticed that some of our files in CVS are
getting off-by-one bit errors. For example, in a text file, an 'L' is
converted into a 'K' and a space into a '1' (two bits were modified here).
This is not too bad in text files because a differencing tool will usually
detect the problem,
You're probably using Windows 98, right?
Make sure you have an environment variable called, "HOME", and that it is
set to something like, "C:"
For example, in autoexec.bat:
set HOME=C:
This should correct the problem.
- Dennis
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From: "John F. Davis" [EMAIL
They must be implicitly defined, because there are no environment variables
with those names that I can find.
- Dennis
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From: "Derek R. Price" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Dennis Jones" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Why not build on a nightly basis, instead of on a file-commit basis?
Compiling on every commit seems like tremendous overkill to me, not to
mention the possible performance degredation of the CVS server while it is
compiling your source code. And multiple developers could commit files
Does anyone know of a way to get a list of the current tags and branches in
the respository (along with the dates in which they were created if
possible)?
Thanks,
- Dennis
Does CVS support the idea of code freezes? For example, being able to
restrict commits on a particular branch, directory, or file, or by user
groups (via commitinfo perhaps)?
I can easily prevent ALL commits, but I want more flexibility to be able to
restrict checkins to certain persons or
Yes, right here:
ftp://ftp.cvshome.org/pub/cvs-1.10/windows/
- Dennis
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From: Annette Waters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 3:14 PM
To: Info-Cvs (E-mail)
Subject: cvs for nt
Okay, I have been trying to locate this precompiled CVS binary.
I created a branch from the main trunk (with nice, short file revision
numbers like 1.2), but the files in the branch have really long revision
numbers like, 1.1.1.1.2.1. I thought files on a branch immediately off the
trunk should have rather shorter revision numbers like 1.1.2.1.
Anyone know
I think this is by design. The default access method is :server:, not
:ext:.
- Dennis
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From: Noel L Yap [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:19 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CVS access using SSH
I didn't realize you
Can someone tell me why I would get this message from an NT machine when
trying to checkout a tree (the message isn't particularly helpful)?
I have had good success when checking out files from Linux clients and a
Windows 98 client, but for some reason, I get this message when attempting a
check
). It says
something like, "cannot log in as local user 'MyName', remote user 'myname'
I guess I have no choice but to re-enter all the usernames on the Linux
server.
- Dennis
-Original Message-
From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:33 PM
To: Dennis
how about:
rm -r [directory name]
- Dennis
-Original Message-
From: Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:04 AM
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Subject: Re: CVS Delete All Files
Yes, i realize i need to do a recursive delete, but that is exactly
the thing i am asking:
areas are you guys are here.
Thanks again,
- Dennis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Brett Neumeier
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 12:13 PM
To: Dennis Jones
Subject: Re: groups and owners in CVS
I have a group called "cvs" of which
(my apologies if thisis a duplicate
email)
Hello folks,
I know similar questions have been raised here in this mailing list, but my
problem seems to be slightly different than other's I've seen posted. I
hope you'll forgive my intrusion and ignorance as a Unix newbie.
I am not a very
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