Re: CVS complete newbee

2004-05-29 Thread Larry Jones
succeed in all cases, so you're much better off using / (even on Windows). -Larry Jones I don't need to improve! Everyone ELSE does! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Help! Disappearing log messages

2004-05-27 Thread Larry Jones
commit a new revision of the file? If the file hasn't been changed, commit doesn't do anything unless you use the -f flag to force a commit. -Larry Jones Oh, now don't YOU start on me. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: CVS and end of line characters

2004-05-27 Thread Larry Jones
a working directory between systems with different line ending conventions (i.e., no Samba mounts, no copying files back and forth, and no using software that doesn't adhere to the system's native line ending conventions). -Larry Jones Let's pretend I already feel terrible about it, and that you

Re: CVS complete newbee

2004-05-27 Thread Larry Jones
repository is (although you should use / rather than \ as the path separator), so: Authentication: local Path: C:/Programme/GNU/repository -Larry Jones I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people. -- Calvin

Re: FW: CVS update issue using -j to merge files between a branch and

2004-05-25 Thread Larry Jones
the change to the other place, and remember the merge point. When you then did a later merge (from that merge point rather than from the common ancestor), you would get the conflict you expect. -Larry Jones I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple. -- Calvin

Re: Error during merge

2004-05-25 Thread Larry Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This sounds like a bug to me since cvs -nq update is a valid command. It is, and it's a long-standing one (because it's not easy to fix). Checkout has a similar problem. -Larry Jones I hate it when they look at me that way. -- Calvin

Re: Distributed Development Environments

2004-05-25 Thread Larry Jones
, one on each center, and use replication. In this case, the replication has to be smart in order to prevent data losses. We need merging and conflict management. CVS was never designed to operate in this manner. It does not provide any facilities for repository replication. -Larry Jones

Re: Consistency check of repository knowing whether files are

2004-05-24 Thread Larry Jones
for environments where many people work on one and the same repository... No, they're a sop to people who don't really believe in the CVS philosophy. -Larry Jones Oh yeah? You just wait! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: What files were changed on a branch?

2004-05-23 Thread Larry Jones
the head of the branch with the root of the branch. One approach is: cvs log -RS -rbranch If you tagged the root before you created the branch (which you always should), you can also do: cvs diff --brief -rbranch-root -rbranch or whatever other options you want. -Larry Jones

Re: Log message for import from a file?

2004-05-22 Thread Larry Jones
? That is a shell question, not a CVS question. For reasonable shells, all you have to do is quote the string: cvs import -mThis is a multiline message mymod vend rel -Larry Jones Something COULD happen today. And if anything DOES, by golly, I'm going to be ready

Re: After Remove file, can I get a previous version?

2004-05-18 Thread Larry Jones
you remove a file, CVS doesn't remove it from the repository, it just moves it into a less conspicuous location (the Attic) and adds a dead revision (so that it knows that the file should not be created if someone refers to that particular revision). -Larry Jones All girls should be shipped

Re: Bug is tagging the head of a branch head???

2004-05-18 Thread Larry Jones
, the head of the branch is the revision you branched from. -Larry Jones Mom must've put my cape in the wrong drawer. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: cvs admin -L

2004-05-17 Thread Larry Jones
vikas arora writes: Adding to it, is there a way out to unlock a specific file by a person other then the person who has actually locked it. Yes, you just have to explicitly specify the revision to unlock if you're not the locker. -Larry Jones I always have to help Dad establish the proper

Re: Check in and out a file.

2004-05-16 Thread Larry Jones
Hon Seng Phuah writes: After checking a text file from remote server, I want the CVS automatically check out the text file to a specified directory (on the server disk drive). http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.15/cvs_18.html#SEC173 -Larry Jones I think if Santa is going

Re: cvs admin -L

2004-05-14 Thread Larry Jones
used by CVS should always have it enabled (that's how CVS creates them, but files that were originally used with RCS and then moved into CVS might not). -Larry Jones We don't ATTEND parties, we just CRASH 'em. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list

Re: get cvs log to show nothing if a file isn't on a branch?

2004-05-11 Thread Larry Jones
Tyler writes: The problem is that if a file doesn't exist on $BRANCH (like it was added to the trunk sometime after the branch was cut), cvs log returns that file's entire history. You need to update your (server) CVS -- that bug was fixed long ago. -Larry Jones Mom must've put my cape

Re: List of files committed on a branch

2004-05-10 Thread Larry Jones
, reguardless of whether you've selected any revisions or not. -S suppresses the header when there are no selected revisions. -Larry Jones I never get to do anything fun. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org

Re: CVS and anonymous/SSH

2004-05-10 Thread Larry Jones
Sensei writes: I'm trying to do this, but anonymous can't get a lock over the cvs repository, since it doesn't belong to the cvs group. That's what LockDir= is for in CVSROOT/config: http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.15/cvs_18.html#SEC180 -Larry Jones It's clear I'll

Re: cvs watch add

2004-05-10 Thread Larry Jones
Marcelo Carvalho Fernandes writes: cvs watch add doesn't work under pserver ? I'm getting the message unknown command: watch_add. That bug was fixed long ago -- you need to upgrade the server. -Larry Jones These findings suggest a logical course of action. -- Calvin

Re: List of files committed on a branch

2004-05-10 Thread Larry Jones
, there are lots of very similar problems that can't be solved without it and it's very hard to create after the fact. For example, if you want to see the actual changes or merge them, or if you wanted to see just part of the branch rather than the whole branch, you would need a branch point tag. -Larry Jones

Re: cvs history command

2004-05-10 Thread Larry Jones
report, -n specifies a module name for other kinds of reports, but it looks to me like neither one is completely implemented. -Larry Jones What a stupid world. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info

Re: CVSROOT problem

2004-05-08 Thread Larry Jones
override it by using the -d global option (that lets you work with multiple repositories without having to change $CVSROOT all the time). So, your problem appears to be that what's recorded in CVS/Root is not correct. -Larry Jones Oh, now don't YOU start on me. -- Calvin

Re: Fw: need to force username of cvs 'action' when using shared SSH

2004-05-04 Thread Larry Jones
requiring any authorization whatsoever. You can complain that pserver's authorization isn't very secure, but at least it exists. -Larry Jones I always send Grandma a thank-you note right away. ...Ever since she sent me that empty box with the sarcastic note saying she was just checking to see

Re: Updating CVS

2004-05-04 Thread Larry Jones
does), so if the administrative files ever get out of sync with the repository, it's an easy way to get them back in sync. -Larry Jones My upbringing is filled with inconsistent messages. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: need to force username of cvs 'action' when using

2004-05-03 Thread Larry Jones
if that fails does it resort to checking $LOGNAME and $USER.) -Larry Jones When I want an editorial, I'll ASK for it! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Fw: need to force username of cvs 'action' when using shared

2004-05-02 Thread Larry Jones
privileged users can change their UID, but anyone can set environment variables. If you really need multiple users with a single system ID, I suggest you look into running pserver over an SSH tunnel. -Larry Jones Everything's gotta have rules, rules, rules! -- Calvin

Re: Question about upgrading.

2004-04-29 Thread Larry Jones
Lynch, Harold writes: After looking though the ChangeLogs etc, I was wondering if there is a list of behavior changes from version to version. I think you'll find NEWS to be of more value than the ChangeLogs. -Larry Jones It's a Doofus Ignoramus! Our hero slowly reaches for his stun

Re: Module aliases

2004-04-29 Thread Larry Jones
new checkouts. -Larry Jones He just doesn't want to face up to the fact that I'll be the life of every party. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Permission denied

2004-04-24 Thread Larry Jones
I am doing wrong? I'd have thought that was fairly obvious -- the ownership and/or permissions of the repository files weren't maintained by whatever method you used to move them. -Larry Jones Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any

Re: CVS remote log in.

2004-04-24 Thread Larry Jones
:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/newrepos login Is the path, /usr/local/newrepos, referring to the CVS repository directory? Yes. What the client specifies must exactly match one of the --allow-root options given to the server in the inetd.conf file. -Larry Jones Mom must've put my cape

Re: cvswrappers file

2004-04-23 Thread Larry Jones
this important when specifying that a file is binary? So wouldn't a more correct example be: *.gif -k 'b' -m COPY Read the manual -- binary implies copy (and can't be overridden) so there's no need to specify it. -Larry Jones What a waste to be going to school on a morning like this. -- Calvin

Re: cvs status behaviour

2004-04-22 Thread Larry Jones
mode, the client doesn't send the timestamp to the server so the server can't very well put it in the output. -Larry Jones If I get a bad grade, it'll be YOUR fault for not doing the work for me! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: how to checkin binary files

2004-04-22 Thread Larry Jones
into a source code control system. -Larry Jones See if we can sell Mom and Dad into slavery for a star cruiser. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: how to checkin binary files

2004-04-22 Thread Larry Jones
enough for it to actually work well. -Larry Jones Like I'm going to get any sleep NOW. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Info-cvs Digest, Vol 17, Issue 29

2004-04-22 Thread Larry Jones
Message- Please create a new message for new topics rather than replying to a completely unrelated message. And for heaven's sake, don't include the whole blessed digest! -Larry Jones I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple. -- Calvin

Re: strange it is in the way message

2004-04-22 Thread Larry Jones
Frederic Brehm writes: Could another cause be a server clock that is two seconds ahead of the client? No. -Larry Jones I like Mom to be impressed when I fulfill the least of my obligations. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: merging delta between two revisions down to trunk doesn't work

2004-04-21 Thread Larry Jones
, the short answer is, because that's what diff3 does. For more information about diff3, see the GNU Diffutils manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/diff.html -Larry Jones Apparently I was misinformed. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs

Re: Windows with Dir/ and dir/

2004-04-20 Thread Larry Jones
rather than Unix line endings). -Larry Jones My dreams are getting way too literal. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Commit across multiple directories causes this behavior

2004-04-20 Thread Larry Jones
. You might want to take a look at the comit_prep and log_accum scripts in the contrib directory for some ideas about how to do things just once per commit instead of once per directory. -Larry Jones It's either spectacular, unbelievable success, or crushing, hopeless defeat! There is no middle

Re: RES: Always ignore certain files

2004-04-20 Thread Larry Jones
is just whatever is in your inetd.conf (something like cvs -f --allow-root=/usr/CVS pserver) -- the actual command and its options are sent in the client/server protocol, not on the command line, so your scheme won't work. -Larry Jones Nobody knows how to pamper like a Mom. -- Calvin

Re: comparisons of code and tags

2004-04-20 Thread Larry Jones
have changed? Also, at the tag level, what or how many classes have changed? Check out the diff, rdiff, and log commands and their options. If none of those do what you want, be more specific about exactly what it is that you want to do. http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/ -Larry

Re: Carriage Return vs. Newline in CVS

2004-04-19 Thread Larry Jones
to fix that is to get a correct client and force a commit of all the files, then stop using the incorrect client. -Larry Jones My C- firmly establishes me on the cutting edge of the avant-garde. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Need help on cvs update -I (Cap i ) is not working?

2004-04-15 Thread Larry Jones
CVS control and that are implied (by being in a directory that's being processed). Such files are usually noted with a ? status -- when included in the ignore list they are silent ignored instead. -Larry Jones Some people just don't have inquisitive minds. -- Calvin

Re: RES: CVS import

2004-04-15 Thread Larry Jones
even delete the tags if it offends you so much. For that matter, you can use cvs admin to switch the default branch to the trunk and remove the revisions on the vendor branch if you really want to remove all traces of it. But there's no good reason to -- just ignore it. -Larry Jones Somebody's

Re: CVS import

2004-04-14 Thread Larry Jones
. -Larry Jones Hello, I'm wondering if you sell kegs of dynamite. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: ENC: CVS import

2004-04-14 Thread Larry Jones
a particular revision, you get the most recent revision on the default branch. Newly imported files have the default branch set to the vendor branch, locally modified files have the default branch set to the trunk. -Larry Jones The authorities are trying to silence any view contrary to their own

Re: Moving a CVSNT Repository to Linux.

2004-04-13 Thread Larry Jones
, history, passwd, config, val-tags, etc.) in text mode or convert them from DOS line endings to Unix line endings afterwards. A quick way to fix up the checked out copies of the administrative files is just to run cvs init on the new repository -- that will check them all out again. -Larry Jones

Re: Best method to replace a branch's code

2004-04-13 Thread Larry Jones
and the head of the trunk, the second does not. -Larry Jones It doesn't have a moral, does it? I hate being told how to live my life. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: [Q] Read-Only Access with SSH

2004-04-13 Thread Larry Jones
of the manual: http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.14/cvs_2.html -Larry Jones I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Branch to trunk merge error - help pls!

2004-04-13 Thread Larry Jones
Fouts Christopher (6452) writes: I now do a cvs -nq update -j HEAD -j b_dev proj (-nq just to see if it works) and I get cvs server: file1.cpp: No such file or directory Checkout and update don't work right with the global -n option, particularly when doing merges. -Larry Jones I don't

Re: [Q] Can login, but can't import

2004-04-12 Thread Larry Jones
Eric Gorr writes: Fatal Error, aborting cvs: no such user You're mapping your CVS username to the system user cvs in the CVSROOT/passwd file, but there is no system user cvs. -Larry Jones It's clear I'll never have a career in sports until I learn to suppress my survival instinct

Re: pserver authentication

2004-04-08 Thread Larry Jones
#SEC185 -Larry Jones These child psychology books we bought were such a waste of money. -- Calvin's Mom ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Query!

2004-04-08 Thread Larry Jones
workarea using WINCVS? You can certainly do it from the command line, I don't know whether there's a GUIer way of doing it or not. -Larry Jones Everything's gotta have rules, rules, rules! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: CVS/Entries..

2004-04-07 Thread Larry Jones
Gurpreet Singh (SCM) writes: Just to make sure can the size of the codebase (say nearly 4.2GB) I am getting be an issue, assuming my sys / network is fine. The size of the codebase would not cause permission problems. -Larry Jones I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification

Re: Web proxies

2004-04-07 Thread Larry Jones
Derek Robert Price writes: I don't have access to any working web proxies myself, so I could only test that the parser works correctly. If anyone with access to a web proxy would care to test it, I would appreciate feedback. Works fine for me! -Larry Jones Even if lives DID hang

Re: Major revision numbers

2004-04-06 Thread Larry Jones
is whatever CVS chooses to assign -- revision numbers are for CVS's internal use, you should not care what they are. Use tags if you want meaningful information. -Larry Jones He just doesn't want to face up to the fact that I'll be the life of every party. -- Calvin

Re: CVS/Entries..

2004-04-06 Thread Larry Jones
is the local administartor - to be more sure that this should not be the reason. Then your Windows system/network is flaky. This is an OS problem, not a CVS problem. -Larry Jones We seem to be out of gun powder. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL

Re: CVS/Entries..

2004-04-05 Thread Larry Jones
subdirectory and the files in it. If the later, then I'm guessing that your working directory is on some kind of a network filesystem (e.g., Samba) whose permission model doesn't match what CVS expects. -Larry Jones Santa's gonna skip this block for years. -- Calvin

Re: Tagging with -D option

2004-04-02 Thread Larry Jones
we got stuck the last time we danced around this issue. -Larry Jones What a waste to be going to school on a morning like this. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: (Yet another) help with pserver access please!

2004-04-02 Thread Larry Jones
, the very last thing on the line should be pserver which is the CVS command to run. Like I said, if inetd is still complaining about cvspserver being an unknown service, then you must be using some facility other than /etc/services for your service definitions. -Larry Jones Hmph. -- Calvin

Re: Tagging with -D option

2004-04-02 Thread Larry Jones
Derek Robert Price writes: Perhaps the best thing to do would be to switch the delimiter in the log spec (the colons in `-r myfirsttag::mysecondtag') to `!' or `+' or whatever. Interestingly enough, I note that RCS (rlog) uses -, any idea why CVS uses : instead? -Larry Jones I don't need

Re: Tagging with -D option

2004-04-01 Thread Larry Jones
really should upgrade. You need to use a numerical month rather than an alphabetical one: 2004-04-01 11:00:00 EST. Or, even easier, just use now. -Larry Jones See if we can sell Mom and Dad into slavery for a star cruiser. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing

Re: renaming a Repository

2004-04-01 Thread Larry Jones
Conrad T. Pino writes: Also consider cvs will use repositories identified by symbolic links and Unless you're using LockDir= in your $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/config file, in which case using symlinks will circumvent the locking and corrupt your repository. -Larry Jones I don't see why some people

Re: Tagging the head of a branch and branching off a branch

2004-04-01 Thread Larry Jones
branch, and subsequently create a branches from it, say, b_DEV_CF and b_DEV_JS??? The name of a branch refers to the head revision on the branch, so: cvs rtag -r b_DEV b_REL sample cvs rtag -r b_REL -b b_DEV_CF sample cvs rtag -r b_REL -b b_DEV_JS sample -Larry Jones I've

Re: Tagging with -D option

2004-04-01 Thread Larry Jones
it to work the same way for all commands. Exactly how to do it is an open issue. -Larry Jones If I was being raised in a better environment, I wouldn't do things like that. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman

Re: (Yet another) help with pserver access please!

2004-04-01 Thread Larry Jones
for error messages from inetd, try restarting inetd again, or run inetd with debugging enabled. -Larry Jones It's not denial. I'm just very selective about the reality I accept. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org

Re: removal of branch

2004-03-31 Thread Larry Jones
Why do you want to do that? The whole point of a revision control system is to preserve history, so you usually don't want to really remove anything. -Larry Jones I take it there's no qualifying exam to be a Dad. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list

Re: Re: folder level access in cvs

2004-03-29 Thread Larry Jones
Sandhya writes: When a user creates a tag, is there any means by which other users cannot update the tag. http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.14/cvs_18.html#SEC175 -Larry Jones That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse

Re: CVS through HTTP Proxy

2004-03-29 Thread Larry Jones
, TortoiseCVS. I would like to hear from my friends who might be using such a setup. Any information, alternatives would be appreciated very much. Standard (command line) CVS has no proxy support. You'll have to ask the TortoiseCVS folks if they do. -Larry Jones I'm crying because out

Re: cvs tag: some slightly counterintuitive behaviour

2004-03-26 Thread Larry Jones
Andy Jones writes [in very long lines]: No, no. I don't want to remove the files. I just want to not tag them. Now it looks like I will have to tag the whole sandbox and then untag a list of about 30 files - not fun. cvs tag foo * -Larry Jones If I get a bad grade, it'll be YOUR

Re: cvs admin -o latest does not modify CVS/Entries

2004-03-26 Thread Larry Jones
cvs ci -m'back out changes from 1.7' foo -Larry Jones I've changed my mind, Hobbes. People are scum. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Connection refused - no such repository

2004-03-26 Thread Larry Jones
/local/cvsroot when working directly on the server but I cannot connect from the client. My crystal ball tells me that you're using pserver and don't have a --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot global option on the pserver line in your [x]inetd config file (or you have it in the wrong place). -Larry

Re: Best method to replace a branch's code

2004-03-25 Thread Larry Jones
branch so you don't need to do anything special to get it. -Larry Jones The hardest part for us avant-garde post-modern artists is deciding whether or not to embrace commercialism. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: folder level access in cvs

2004-03-25 Thread Larry Jones
Sandhya writes: Have started to be the admin of cvs for for the past 1 month. Just wanted to know how to give read- write access on a folder level in cvs. http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.14/cvs_2.html#SEC13 -Larry Jones I sure like summer vacation. -- Calvin

Re: Best method to replace a branch's code

2004-03-24 Thread Larry Jones
Fouts Christopher (6452) writes: First rename branchA to branchX cvs tag -r branchA branchX That doesn't rename the branch, it tags the head revision on the branch. To rename a branch you have to use cvs admin -n. -Larry Jones Nobody knows how to pamper like a Mom. -- Calvin

Re: Best method to replace a branch's code

2004-03-24 Thread Larry Jones
on branchA that have never existed on branchB and you'll get conflicts for files that were independently created on both branches. It is a good start, though, and may do the whole job if you're lucky. -Larry Jones My dreams are getting way too literal. -- Calvin

Re: loginfo and export

2004-03-24 Thread Larry Jones
Alexander von Below writes: Upon commit, I want to export the files in the repository to a location. http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.14/cvs_18.html#SEC173 -Larry Jones Hello, I'm wondering if you sell kegs of dynamite. -- Calvin

Re: Best method to replace a branch's code

2004-03-24 Thread Larry Jones
-revision merge should do exactly the right thing. -Larry Jones My upbringing is filled with inconsistent messages. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: CTRL-M and CTRL-J characters in files

2004-03-24 Thread Larry Jones
prolist writes: But, isn't that option only about checkouts, what about check-ins It affects both. -Larry Jones I think football is a sport the way ducks think hunting is a sport. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: cvs log and UTC

2004-03-24 Thread Larry Jones
be required to support local time display and no one has felt compelled to do the work. -Larry Jones It's not denial. I'm just very selective about the reality I accept. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman

Re: cvs log and UTC

2004-03-24 Thread Larry Jones
Mark D. Baushke writes: ISO 8601 format -dd-mm hh:mm:ss - You've got the mm and dd swapped, it's -mm-dd hh:mm:ss -. -Larry Jones The hardest part for us avant-garde post-modern artists is deciding whether or not to embrace commercialism. -- Calvin

Re: Commit script

2004-03-23 Thread Larry Jones
. -Larry Jones He's just jealous because I accomplish so much more than he does. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: branching blues

2004-03-23 Thread Larry Jones
*. When you checkout or update a branch, CVS looks in the Attic, too, so everything should work fine. -Larry Jones The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. -- Hobbes ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Related to import command

2004-03-22 Thread Larry Jones
tag. They only take a trivial amount of space in the repository, just ignore them. -Larry Jones I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: branch deletion

2004-03-22 Thread Larry Jones
committed changes on the branch, however, they will still exist. CVS doesn't provide any easy method of deleting them, you have to find them and delete them (``cvs admin -o'') by hand. Permanently removing things from the repository is anathema to revision control systems. -Larry Jones It's going

Re: What does the following warning exactly mean: BA_040322_000 alre

2004-03-22 Thread Larry Jones
on some of the files due to the nested modules. The first time it works, the second time you get the branch already exists error. Since you only want the branch created once, you can ignore the error message. :-) -Larry Jones I'm writing you a message in code. How do you spell nincompoop? -- Calvin

Re: Commit script

2004-03-22 Thread Larry Jones
to some kind of local modification. -Larry Jones Who, ME? Who?! Me?? WHO... Me?! Who, me??? -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: CVSROOT must be an absolute pathname problem

2004-03-21 Thread Larry Jones
commands work fine with absolute paths in local mode but none of them work with absolute paths in client/server mode. -Larry Jones Hello, I'm wondering if you sell kegs of dynamite. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-20 Thread Larry Jones
. Is there an e-mail address for reporting bugs? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Larry Jones They can make me do it, but they can't make me do it with dignity. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Finding out which tags exist -- (man cvs - commands)

2004-03-19 Thread Larry Jones
the man page from the manual's texinfo source would be a good one. -Larry Jones The hardest part for us avant-garde post-modern artists is deciding whether or not to embrace commercialism. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Q] Vendor Branches and Updates

2004-03-19 Thread Larry Jones
on the cvs documentation (see below) I'm not sure if this will happen. Can someone clarify this? It certainly would be nice if it worked that way, but it doesn't. -Larry Jones That gives me a FABULOUS idea. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-18 Thread Larry Jones
at the help for rlog (cvs -H rlog) for options that can be used to suppress some of the information if you're not interested in it. -Larry Jones You don't get to be Mom if you can't fix everything just right. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL

Re: Setting up a CVS Repository on a Network

2004-03-18 Thread Larry Jones
documentation: http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/ -Larry Jones I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: How to force update?

2004-03-18 Thread Larry Jones
it. If you really want to refetch all of the files, delete the sandbox and do a fresh checkout. If you just want to discard any local changes, use update -C. -Larry Jones You don't get to be Mom if you can't fix everything just right. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-17 Thread Larry Jones
in CVS 1.11.1 (the current release is 1.11.14). -Larry Jones It's a Doofus Ignoramus! Our hero slowly reaches for his stun blaster! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Tagging across branches?

2004-03-17 Thread Larry Jones
, that term should be reserved for things defined in the modules administrative file). -Larry Jones If I get a bad grade, it'll be YOUR fault for not doing the work for me! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman

Re: Global option ignored

2004-03-17 Thread Larry Jones
between an explicit -l and an implied -l and sends an explicit -l to the server in either case. cvs server: cannot open /dev/null/.cvsignore: Not a directory Do I need to create a home dir for the user cvs? Any system user you're running as needs a home directory. -Larry Jones The problem

Re: cvs as a heartbeat client (questions)

2004-03-16 Thread Larry Jones
tested. However, CVS was designed to be as bullet-proof as possible. -Larry Jones My brain is trying to kill me. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Directory and file names

2004-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
and directories and such filesystems are exceedingly rare. There's more than a fair chance that successfully using such a filesystem would also require changes to the CVS code, too. -Larry Jones Rats. I can't tell my gum from my Silly Putty. -- Calvin ___ Info

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
the tarball creates a bona fide working directory, you don't have to do anything special. -Larry Jones Apparently I was misinformed. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

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