RE: cvs tag: some slightly counterintuitive behaviour

2004-03-26 Thread Gagneet Singh
Well! In this case the best thing to do is to use a GUI which will enable you to select the required files or dseselect the files which are not required. On GNU/Linux clients gCVS is a very good option and WinCVS is the best for Windows. You can get both from http://www.wincvs.org Gagneet >-

RE: cvs tag: some slightly counterintuitive behaviour

2004-03-26 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! >From what I have gathered from the conversation that was going on, is this, You want to TAG only a few seleteced files which are in the checked out local copy of your machine. Well! Then why go into all this trouble, if you alsdo do not want to remove these files as suggested and do not want

RE: cvs admin -o does not modify CVS/Entries

2004-03-25 Thread Gagneet Singh
You have to update the files after running this command. This command will only remove the version from the server repository, not from your working copy. Thus, you will have to get the latest copy from the repository to make this change happen on your local copy also. Gagneet >-Original Mes

RE: Strange Characters

2004-03-25 Thread Gagneet Singh
gt;Mark D. Baushke >Sent: Thursday, 25 March, 2004 13:08 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Strange Characters > > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Gagneet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> We are using

Strange Characters

2004-03-24 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! We are using a CVS repository on a GNU/Linux Red Hat 9.0 installed distribution. The CVS server is 1.11.2 and the clients are all based on Windows platform where the development is being done. These are WinCVS version 1.3.10 and 1.3.13. Now the problem is that for the characters - "'x'" (with

RE: Setuid/gid Error in CVS

2004-03-13 Thread Gagneet Singh
TECTED] >Sent: Friday, 12 March, 2004 9:32 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Setuid/gid Error in CVS > > >Gagneet Singh writes: >> >> Can't do setuid > >Standard CVS has no such message. > >> cvs server: Pre-commit che

Setuid/gid Error in CVS

2004-03-13 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I am getting a peculiar problem with CVS. In the output pane of WinCVS, the following message is coming whenever I try to commit anything and the commit falls through. cvs commit -m "Redundant test files have been removed from the CVS repository.\nThese files had ..." data_section1.asm data

RE: CVS plugin for Visual Studio

2004-03-12 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Have you tried the CVSIn package. This is the most popular for CVS and Visual C++ Integration and is available at: http://www.geocities.com/kaczoroj/CvsIn/ Or at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cvsin/ Gagneet >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Setuid/gid Error in CVS

2004-03-11 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I am getting a peculiar problem with CVS. In the output pane of WinCVS, the following message is coming whenever I try to commit anything and the commit falls through. cvs commit -m "Redundant test files have been removed from the CVS repository.\nThese files had ..." data_section1.asm data

RE: CVS Update problem : cannot rename file .new..buildnum to .buildn um

2004-02-18 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Have you got the said file or any other file refering to it open in a text editor or an IDE? I have faced this problem when I had the VC++ IDE open with the project file (but not the actual files) and was trying to update the project files (although the DSP and DSW workspace and project files

RE: Binary release announcements?

2004-02-14 Thread Gagneet Singh
Yes, this is a good Idea. Although I prefer to go the Source installation ay, where I can do some configuration/modifications to customize it to our needs, the other System and Repository Admins prefer to have the patches and upgrades installed or given to them in binary format. Currently, I have

RE: delete/rename folders in CVS

2004-01-16 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! The only (easy + difficult) way to remove a module (folder in the repository) from the CVS server is to connect to the server as Admin (root) and delete the folder. This is also the way to rename it. The other way is to dump the earlier import and start a new one. This will lose your changes

RE: Error Updating file from the server

2004-01-10 Thread Gagneet Singh
It was added to the working copy. But earlier the developer had some conflicts and he had gone and messed up the server copy also for taking out those defects. I was going through the file and found that 2 1.12 versions exist in the file. Will now have to find a way out of the tangle... :-(( Than

RE: Error Updating file from the server

2004-01-10 Thread Gagneet Singh
Thanx for the info. I had a look at it , but the problem being that I could not find where the actual problem is. Could it be that we have added the @ character to the file which is giving the problem?? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Frida

Error Updating file from the server

2004-01-08 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! When updating a lex generated file from my CVS repository, I am getting the following error: cvs update -P -r 1.12 lex.yy.c (in directory D:\My Documents\Project_Version_Control\project\) cvs [server aborted]: invalid change text in /cvs/versions/project/lex.yy.c,v * CVS exited normal

RE: Repositories Limit per Server?

2003-12-23 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Well! I am not too sure about this, but currently for my implementation, I have around 44 repositories and they are working fine. I don't think there is a limit to the repository size, but to the length of the server_args string. Also the 'pserver' has to be the last word in that string. Asl

RE: CVS Pserver with multiple repositories?

2003-12-23 Thread Gagneet Singh
o de Andrade'; 'INFO CVS'Subject: RE: CVS Pserver with multiple repositories? Hi   Will this work fine on the same port 2401. or CVS needs to choose different port numbers for the other (mutilple) repositories ...   Regards Gurpreet S   -----Orig

RE: CVS Pserver with multiple repositories?

2003-12-22 Thread Gagneet Singh
Title: Message Hi!   What you require is to define the server args string as:   server_args = -f --allow-root=/cvs/rep/casnav --allow-root=/cvs/repo/proj2 --allow-root=/cvs/repo/proj2 pserver   And also create the required repositories for all the three projects. Also, you will have to creat

RE: Stopping a modified file from being checked in

2003-12-13 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Why don't you just copy the file to another folder and make the CVS files uneditable. Then, when you copy the same to the CVS folder, it will be commitable and you can continue working on the local copy without any fear of making a wrong commit. Gagneet > -Original Message- > From: [

RE: Installing the new version

2003-12-11 Thread Gagneet Singh
Sorry I think I did not read the actual mail properly. As pointed out by Cristian Adam, it is the src file that you have got and not the RPM file. The RPM file is the one without the SRC in it. Use that and use the command I sent in the previous mail. This will install and upgrade your CVS. Gagnee

RE: Installing the new version

2003-12-11 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Try using rpm -Uvh cvs-1.11.10-cvshome.org.1.src.rpm With this you upgrade your existing CVS and also see the verbatim commands on the screen. Gagneet > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Andy Jones > Sent: Thursday, 11 Decem

RE: how can I see what changes a cvs update would merge

2003-11-28 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Further to my previous mail, for the cvs command line you can use the following command to get the status of the files which have changed. cvs -n update -P M File1.dsp The above tells you that the file name 'File1.dsp' has been locally modified. Now you can diff it with the previous versi

RE: how can I see what changes a cvs update would merge

2003-11-28 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! For your first question search the archives for the BrowseRepoTk script made by Oliver Giesen. This will work with the WinCVS client. You could modify it to be used on a command line with only TCL... :-) A quote from his mail in this respect, "There is no newer version of the WinCvs product

RE: [cvsgui] can we commit word files in WinCVS with japanese character names???

2003-11-19 Thread Gagneet Singh
g,and running our web-based applications the second they checkout a module.As for the general thought of wasted space, current prices for disk space isapproaching $1 US per gigabyte these days, so IMO previous concerns aboutdisk space are becoming antiquated. thanks!-Original Message--

Cannot remove Branch

2003-11-09 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I am facing a problem while trying to remove a branch I had created. I know it is not advisable, but I have not made any changes on that branch and nor have I committed or updated to that branch as yet. The problem I am getting is: cvs rtag -b -d ACME_Branch source cvs rtag: Untagging sourc

RE: Upgrade CVS server from 1.10 to 1.16 or any latest

2003-11-05 Thread Gagneet Singh
ersion of |CVS 1.10 to |the latest one. | |I wants know the features and any pros and cons in 1.16 in |compare with 1.10 | |Regards |Sunil | | |Gagneet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: | |> Hi! |> |> | Hi All, |> | |> | We are planning to upgrade our CVS server from 1.10 versi

RE: Upgrade CVS server from 1.10 to 1.16 or any latest

2003-11-05 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Why don't you look up the http://www.cvshome.org/ site. This contains all the documentation related to whatever you wish to ask about related to CVS. Derek is maintaining the CVS source currently and I think he will also direct you to this site. Gagneet |-Original Message- |From: [

RE: Spam: RE: new cvs server issue

2003-11-04 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Effectively that is all that you have to do. Just check into which folder you will be putting the unzipped folder and also change the user & group permissions accordingly. (This is a compulsory step and is required) In the cvspserver file if you are using the same folder as earlier no change

RE: new cvs server issue

2003-11-04 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! |I have the code from an existing cvs server. And I have |configured another cvs server. By the above I understand that the code you have got is a checked out copy of the server source, or do you have the actual repository as it exists on the server? |How can I import the code into the new

RE: File ownership

2003-11-03 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! The repository files are marked according to the user who logins into the CVS server for making commits. But before that the user has to checkout the files in his/her name and then only can he check them in. The other way for a user to do this is to use a script to change all his local setting

RE: setting up project restrictions

2003-10-23 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! The main problem here is that you have to define group permissions to the repository before it can be accessed. Also, if you plan to use the $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd file then you need to uncomment SystemAuth=No line in the config file in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/ folder. Only then can you use the pass

RE: WinCVS

2003-10-20 Thread Gagneet Singh
Title: Message Hi!   WinCVS reports the CVSNT executable. That is the version which it is showing with the cvs -v command.   Gagneet -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard PfeifferSent: Tuesday, 21 October, 2003 2:48 A

RE: help on pserver connection

2003-10-10 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I think the error lies in the xinetd service, did you try and restart the service after creating that file. If so then, have you already created the repository with the required user permissions. This could be a problem with the permissions on the server files also. Plz check that out. Usual

RE: [cvsgui] Any gui tools to show the branch structures?

2003-10-09 Thread Gagneet Singh
Title: Message Hi!   Well I think this is the most common question being asked by all and Oliver has answered it many a times. No as yet there is no such tool (although Oliver has made many attempts to create one.. ). The best you can do is go to the most used file (the one used by all or th

RE: [cvsgui] Duplicating CVS repository from one server to another?

2003-10-09 Thread Gagneet Singh
Title: Message Hi!   You just need to copy the files with the existing permissions to the new server. Also, there is a GUI available with WinCVS, if that is what you are using which allows the client to change the 'root' on the local machines. (this is helpful if you have changed the name of

RE: help on pserver connection

2003-10-09 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I think the thing you have done wrong is to not visit the latest of the CVS Cederqvist manual. It shows that after the RedHat 7 distribution the control for cvspserver had shifted to the xnetd services avialble as separate files under the /etc/xinetd.d directory. Here you create a file named

RE: CVS Login ERROR...

2003-09-30 Thread Gagneet Singh
Title: Message Hi Naren!   I think you will have to send me the following information before I can give you any further help:   CVS Server: 1. What is the Server OS? (Distribution version details) 2. Which CVS Server package are you using? 3. What all configurations have been carried out?

Re: Vijay - two questions on CVS

2003-07-20 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Regarding | a) How should we delete a complete module form a |respository ? You just need to delete the repository module from the server, the server can be either a WinNT machine or a Linux / UNIX variant. You do not need to stop the XINETD service, but it is always a better practic

Re: loginfo log messages

2003-03-11 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! What are you trying to do? Are you wanting to send the log message written when commiting files to CVS, to the various developers concerned? Well! Then won't it be simpler to use the following, in the loginfo file in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT folder: DEFAULT (id; echo %{sVv}; date; cat) | mail [EMAIL

Re: [cvsgui] update command question

2003-03-06 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! >I have files in a CVS repository under the directory "cvsroot/sc/etc". = >If I run the command "cvs checkout sc/etc" the files get placed in the = >current directrory, in the *same* directory structure (i.e. "sc/etc/"). = >How can I place those files in different directory strructure, (e.g

Email on 'update' and common file 'add'

2003-03-05 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Is there any way in which I can send 'cvs update' messages to users of a development team? I am working on a Red Hat 8.0 cvs-1.11.5-perm1 CVS server and the clients are WinCVS 1.3b10. The requirement is that the development team wishes to be informed whenever a developer updates his/her file

Restricting users from creating a new repository.

2003-03-04 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! Would anybody know of a way to restrict users on the CVS server from creating a repository via the client? I am using Red Hat 8.0 with cvs-1.11.5-perm1 as the CVS server. Also, the clients are windows based and are using WinCVs 1.3b10. I would like to restrict users from creating a new repos

Re: Problem connecting to remote repo from wincvs

2003-02-06 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi Daniel! I think the problem is that the machine you are using does not have a host name defined for it. also, it might not be visible over the network. There are two remedies for this problem as far as I can see. Please correct me if someone thinks I am wrong. 1. You need to define a host name

Re: unknown compression

2003-01-23 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I think the mailing list that you should post this query to should be [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Anyway, coming to your problem, you have used the TCP/IP compression in your CVS client. If you are using WinCVS, this option can be disabled by going to the Admin Menu -> Preferences and the Global Tab.

Re: Help with moving repository

2003-01-20 Thread Gagneet Singh
> We are in the process of moving our cvs repository (pserver) for reasons of > size and speed, and have so far asked our CVS users to ensure everything is > checked in to the existing repository, remove the existing working copies > then modify their CVSROOT or -d options and check out again from

Re: connection using pserver

2003-01-17 Thread Gagneet Singh
ge" - "--That's nothing. If you play it forward, it installs Windows XP!"   Gagneet Singh   K2, Somdutt TowersSixth Floor, Sector 18NOIDA  201031   Phone: 2516936 Extn. 223Mobile: 9811838961 ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Segmentation Fault: CVS 1.11.3 RPM not compiling

2003-01-16 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I had downloaded the latest of cvs server RPMs from the http://www.cvshome.org/ site. When I tried to install it on the Red Hat Distribution 8.0 it gave me the following error. D: == cvs-1.11.3-cvshome.8x.1.i386.rpm D: Expected size: 1112323 = lead(96)+sigs(180)+pad(4)+dat

CVSROOT/passwd problems.

2002-12-26 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi!    I have been using the SystemAuth=yes method to authenticate users forCVS Server. (available in the CVSROOT/config file). The System I am using isRed Hat 8 with cvs-1.11.2. The repository is in /cvs directory. Thepermissions for this are ug+rwx. It belongs to root user and cvs group.  

RE: [cvsgui] 'inetd.conf' File not Found after installing CVS

2002-05-05 Thread Gagneet Singh
ter I did all this, WinCVS connected just fine. HTH -shannon pedersen > -Original Message- > From: Gagneet Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [cvsgui] 'inetd.conf' File not Found after installing

'inetd.conf' File Not Found

2002-04-23 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I have installed the cvs-1.11.1p1 version on my Linux server. The instruction says that I have to edit a file named 'inetd.conf' and then restart the service 'inetd'. The problem is that I could neither find the file /etc/inetd.conf nor could I find the service for 'inetd' either in /etc/i

'inetd.conf' Not found!!

2002-04-23 Thread Gagneet Singh
Hi! I was wondering if anybody could help me with this. I have installed the latest version of CVS on the RedHat 7.2 distribution and have followed the installation instructions to the order. Starting from ./configure, make, make install. But the next instruction to edit the file /etc/inetd.c

RE: CVS integration with Windows Clients.

2002-04-23 Thread Gagneet Singh
Sir, In your reply to the integration of CVS with Windows Client you have mentioned about the file /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver. This file is to be created by administrator, but what are to be the contents for this file? Also will the Linux Server have to be sharing the repository files via a Samba

No inetd.conf file!!

2002-04-23 Thread Gagneet Singh
s not there in the /etc folder. Please help. Do I make the changes in the xinetd.conf file or do I create the 'inetd.conf' file and what do I do about the 'inetd' service. Thanking you, Gagneet Singh ___ Info-cvs mailing

CVS integration with Windows Clients.

2002-04-15 Thread Gagneet Singh
integrating CVS with the Windows clients. I have in my search come across WinCVS. Is it possible to use a Linux Server with Windows client and implement CVS? I would be grateful if you would help me out in this matter. Thanking You, Gagneet Singh K 2, SomDutt Towers 6th Floor, Sector 18, NOIDA