Re: Vendor Tags etc.

2001-02-15 Thread Larry Jones
p of the working directory or copy the CVS directories from the working directory into the Program1.0-tweeked directory, and commit. Then import Program1.1 and follow the usual procedures for importing a new vendor release. The key is to *not* import Program1.0-tweeked because it's local c

Re: Remove files and directories in the module

2001-02-15 Thread Larry Jones
11) -- it won't let you do that any more. > I'd appreciate any help on how to clean out that > module completely or what I should do next. If I understand you correctly and this is the very first import of a brand new module, just delete the directory from the repository. -Larry Jone

Re: How can I change the administrative files?

2001-02-15 Thread Larry Jones
e. To fix the problem without having to commit a dummy change, I believe "cvs init" will rebuild the adminitrative file database without harming your existing repository. -Larry Jones When you're SERIOUS about having fun, it's not much fun at all! -- Calvin

Re: Website development

2001-02-15 Thread Larry Jones
Atkinson, Chip writes: > > Is there some other way that we can all use the same sandbox without > resorting to a generic login? Always use the -d global option on the command line -- it overrides what's in CVS/Repository. -Larry Jones Wow, how existential can you

Re: Website development

2001-02-15 Thread Larry Jones
WinCVS or some other GUI thing that works under Windows for > the rest of the people who are going to use CVS. I can't help you there, I know nothing about WinCVS (and I'm hoping to keep it that way). -Larry Jones He doesn't complain, but his self

Re: Timestamp race avoidance in do_update()

2001-02-16 Thread Larry Jones
Derek R. Price writes: > > Hmm... maybe later I'll make it wait more exactly when gettimeofday is > available... If you do, consider making it into an independent function (probably in subrs.c) so we can do the same thing in client.c and commit.c without replicating the code.

Re: how to connect using pserver

2001-02-16 Thread Larry Jones
vsclient.texi). If not, you'll have to be more explicit about what you're trying to do. -Larry Jones I've got PLENTY of common sense! I just choose to ignore it. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Two Simple Questions

2001-02-16 Thread Larry Jones
file. As of 1.11, you can also use LogHistory in CVSROOT/config to limit what gets recorded to just what you're interested in. -Larry Jones Why can't I ever build character in a Miami condo or a casino somewhere? -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing

Re: Problems with adding binary file of size 200 meg

2001-02-16 Thread Larry Jones
Shubhabrata Sengupta writes: > > hash.c:312: failed assertion `key != NULL' > Terminated with fatal signal 6 That shouldn't happen (obviously). Try upgrading to CVS 1.11 (www.cvshome.org) and let us know if the problem still occurs. -Larry Jones I'm not a vegetar

Re: Unable to connect to CVS: to Concurrent Versions System (CVS)

2001-02-16 Thread Larry Jones
pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo If you don't get that response, then your /etc/inetd.conf is wrong -- most likely you've got the path to CVS wrong. And please send requests for help to [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than to me personally; there are lots of other peopl

Re: Problems with adding binary file of size 200 meg

2001-02-17 Thread Larry Jones
Shubhabrata Sengupta writes: > > Is it okay to use a newer version of CVS client with > an older version of a server Yes, it is. The reverse (old clients, new server) is also OK. -Larry Jones ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Cannot expand modules

2001-02-19 Thread Larry Jones
t using pserver: cvs -q -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/export/home/repository checkout module And don't use backslashes in CVS commands -- use forward slashes. And don't run as root. And you might want to set $CVSROOT so you don't have to keep typing that long -d option all the

Re: a commiting problem

2001-02-19 Thread Larry Jones
roblems like this are why we always say you should never use NFS-mounted repositories; use client/server CVS instead. -Larry Jones I stand FIRM in my belief of what's right! I REFUSE to compromise my principles! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: rcs-kflag for text mode

2001-02-19 Thread Larry Jones
Howard Zhou writes: > > Can someone tell me which key substitution option I should use to > specify text mode? Would any of option rather than -ko would do it such > as -ko or -kkv? Thanks. - Howard The normal text mode default is -kkv. -Larry Jones I take it there's no q

Re: What's in repository

2001-02-20 Thread Larry Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Is there a way to: > 1. "Browse" the repository, i.e. the equivalent of doing a "ls" of a > source directory? There's checkout -c, but that just lists the modules file, not actual directory contents. > 2. Checkout a wil

Re: error writing to lock file

2001-02-20 Thread Larry Jones
nother possibility is that the repository is on some kind of shared file system that doesn't behave normally. -Larry Jones Physical education is what you learn from having your face in someone's armpit right before lunch. -- Calvin ___ Info

Re: sticky directory bit vs. loginfo chgrp

2001-02-20 Thread Larry Jones
y bit set) directory, accomplishing the same > goal with much less work. That is, in fact, what is generally suggested here. -Larry Jones Somebody's always running my life. I never get to do what I want to do. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing

Re: Terminated with fatal signal 11

2001-02-20 Thread Larry Jones
so buggy that it has been disabled by default in recent releases of CVS; you should not use it. -Larry Jones I wonder if I can grow fangs when my baby teeth fall out. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: "cannot change mode of file"?

2001-02-20 Thread Larry Jones
he effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and the effective user ID is not the super-user. Did you not own the files you were committing? -Larry Jones My life needs a rewind/erase button. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing lis

Re: cvs rlog

2001-02-21 Thread Larry Jones
Stephen Rasku writes: > > Has the patch described in the following thread been implemented in > cvs 1.11? No. > Are there any plans to include it in a future version of CVS? Hard to say; CVS development isn't really organized. -Larry Jones I don't think that question

Re: cvs [log aborted]: linefeed expected in file.c,v

2001-02-21 Thread Larry Jones
t, you're unlikely to be able to fix it. I'd suggest looking for uncorrupted backup copies of the files. (If you'd like to put the file someplace where I can get to it or mail it to me, I can give you a more detailed explanation of the problem, but it probably won't be easy to

Re: sticky directory bit vs. loginfo chgrp

2001-02-21 Thread Larry Jones
Richard Cobbe writes: > > I may be picking at nits, but I want to make sure I have this right before > I create a new repository at work. > > Sticky bit or set-gid bit? I'd expect the latter. It is the latter. Sorry I overlooked that in my earlier message. -Larry Jone

Re: Removing directories...

2001-02-21 Thread Larry Jones
Attic ? No, only files are placed in the Attic, not directories. Why do you care? -Larry Jones Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an

Re: Linux 7 and xinetd

2001-02-21 Thread Larry Jones
Anders Knudsen writes: > > You must have this in /etc/services > cvspserver 2401/tcp# CVS client/server operations > cvspserver 2401/udp# CVS client/server operations CVS doesn't use udp; only the tcp entry is required.

Re: command help

2001-02-21 Thread Larry Jones
ari gold writes: > > is there a CVS command that will show me files that are in CVS, but that > i've deleted locally? cvs -n update -Larry Jones I wonder if I can grow fangs when my baby teeth fall out. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs maili

Re: cvs checkout error

2001-02-22 Thread Larry Jones
ed to do the checkout in a directory where you have permission to create files and directories, *NOT* inside the repository (which is what it looks like you tried to do). -Larry Jones I kind of resent the manufacturer's implicit assumption that this would amuse me. -- Calvin

Re: RCS and CVS

2001-02-22 Thread Larry Jones
ly take the ",v" > from RCS and overwrite their equivalent in CVS?? Would this work? > What are the disadvantages of such an approach?? Is there a problem > with new files added to RCS?? It will work, but be aware that overwriting CVS's files will lose any changes that you'v

Re: sticky directory bit vs. loginfo chgrp

2001-02-22 Thread Larry Jones
#x27;s the way BSD traditionally behaves, so you probably don't need it on NetBSD.) -Larry Jones Sheesh. Who can fathom the feminine mind? -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: rtagging a virtual module?

2001-02-22 Thread Larry Jones
r a feature? How can we fix this? Bug. I believe I've fixed it in the current development version of CVS if you want to try it (see www.cvshome.org for details on getting the current development version if you don't already know how); you'll need to update both the client and the ser

Re: Setting UP CVS

2001-02-22 Thread Larry Jones
ontrol access > to various bits and pieces if need be. And all in all, it's a lot less > headache. Exactly the same is true of pserver as long as you let each user have a unique local user instead of using the passwd file to map everyone onto the same local user. -Larry Jones I don

Re: rtagging a virtual module?

2001-02-23 Thread Larry Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > If we have comments, where should we send them? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Larry Jones I hope Mom and Dad didn't rent out my room. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/li

Re: cvs [log aborted]: linefeed expected in file.c,v

2001-02-23 Thread Larry Jones
th the differing CVS versions, it's caused by NFS bugs in Solaris, Linux, or both, which prevent them from interoperating reliably. Use one of the client/server CVS methods to access the repository instead of NFS mounting it. -Larry Jones I told her to

Re: Removing files from Repository's Attic directories

2001-02-23 Thread Larry Jones
d losing all the history for those files, it's safe to delete them. -Larry Jones What this games needs are negotiated settlements. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Reimporting vendor projects where items have been deleted

2001-02-23 Thread Larry Jones
re conflicts (even if there aren't any conflicts) will mark the appropriate files for deletion. Committing the results of the merge will then delete them. -Larry Jones ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: makeinfo msg when make-install

2001-02-25 Thread Larry Jones
uilt. The patch updated the documentation source but not all of the resulting files, so you need the tools to build them (unless you don't care, in which case you can just use ``make -i'' to ignore the errors). makeinfo is part of the GNU texinfo package; see http://www.g

Re: cvs init/dir & file owner problems

2001-02-26 Thread Larry Jones
s parent's when created. This is not > what is happening now. That's the way BSD Unix works, but AT&T Unix (which is the model on which Linux is based) works differently. If you set the SGID bit on the repository directories (chmod g+s), then it will behave as expected. -Larry

Re: cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied

2001-02-26 Thread Larry Jones
nu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs); this is a *VERY* Frequently Asked Question. -Larry Jones ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: invalid change text again

2001-02-26 Thread Larry Jones
t development version is safe in both local and all client/server modes; but I wouldn't run it on an NFS-mounted repository unless the clients and server were the same kind of system or I had tested it extensively (and even then I'd be nervous). -Larry Jones ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: is cvsclean?!

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
Kudiyarasan writes: > > In the field of developing we frequently require list of modified > files in the working copy and eliminate the files that are not changed ``cvs -n update'' will list the files that have been locally modified. CVS does not provide -Larry Jone

Re: log and diff between the baseVersion of a branch and topOfTrunk of that

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
tagged the base of the branch you can do: cvs diff -r br1_base -r br1 It's even easier for log because it interprets a branch tag as all the revisions on the branch, so you just have to do: cvs log -r br1 -Larry Jones I'm getting disillusioned

Re: makeinfo msg when make-install

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
Derek R. Price writes: > > Of course, things are supposed to be set up such that a missing makeinfo isn't a > fatal error. That's true for the current developement version (which uses automake), but not for previous releases. The original poster said they were using a pa

Re: pserver question

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
other administrative files are (unless you've added it to checkoutlist). -Larry Jones I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: pserver - getting down

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
n to find out how to adjust the rate limit (some versions of inetd have a single rate limit, others allow you to set the limit for each service separately.) -Larry Jones Wow, how existential can you get? -- Hobbes ___ Info-

Re: problem with "co -d xx -n" : bug or feature?

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
Derek R. Price writes: > > Larry checked in a more correct fix for this on the 21st: > > 2001-02-21 Larry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * modules.c, cvs.h (do_module): Add build_dirs argument and use it > instead of run_module_prog. Change all

Re: How to Delete a Tagged Version

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
er the same tag name. How do I do > this? It's a very bad idea to actually delete the bad version -- it's better to just commit the correct version and move the tag using cvs tag -F. If you really truely want to delete the bad version you can use cvs admin -o. -Larry Jones This sou

Re: Where is the Modules file when starting from scratch?

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
Mike Flynn writes: > > Indeed there are no administrative files in /usr/local/cvs/ or any > subdirectory. > What do I need to do to have these files created? You need to do ``cvs init'' to initialize your repository. -Larry Jones Buddy, if you think I'm even goi

Re: Where is the Modules file when starting from scratch?

2001-02-27 Thread Larry Jones
Rob Helmer writes: > > BTW, what you are doing below doesn't make sense.. The first does: > > $ cvs checkout CVSROOT/modules That checks out a single (administrative) file. The second: > > $ cvs checkout $CVSROOT/modules is pure nonsense. -Larry Jones

Re: Lock files [cvs 1.11 via pserver on HPUX11]

2001-02-28 Thread Larry Jones
ype lock file when I try to commit > project-a/filea. The ,filea, file isn't really a lock file (although it serves as an RCS lock file), it's the new RCS file. Once it is written successfully, it's renamed to filea,v replacing the old RCS file. -Larry Jones I always have to

Re: PASSWORD File

2001-02-28 Thread Larry Jones
ww.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC30 What kind of limitations are you concerned about? -Larry Jones Hey! What's the matter? Can't you take a joke?! It was a JOKE! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.o

Re: Question about modules specification

2001-02-28 Thread Larry Jones
curs if I mix directories and files in the > module specification. I'm not able to reproduce this problem -- what version(s) of CVS are you running, are you running with a local repository or client/server, and what platform(s) are you running on? -Larry Jones I don't need to d

Re: CVS server without inetd?

2001-03-03 Thread Larry Jones
s is the only > remaining service in my '/etc/inetd.conf' file and I would like > to eliminate running 'inetd' all together. See http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html for one alternative to inetd and pointers to some others. Note that this has nothing to do with CVS. -Larr

Re: (newbie) Where is the project message?

2001-03-05 Thread Larry Jones
one of the checked-out files, you'll see your message. -Larry Jones Oh, now don't YOU start on me. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: obtaining tags

2001-03-05 Thread Larry Jones
ave to read through every file in the repository, which could take quite a while. For a set of checked-out files, both ``cvs log'' and ``cvs status -v'' will give you a list of tags in each file, which may be of some help. -Larry Jones Kicking dus

Re: Defining modules

2001-03-05 Thread Larry Jones
ent project, this might be a good one. -Larry Jones Oh, what the heck. I'll do it. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: (newbieish) import is acting funny (at least to me)

2001-03-06 Thread Larry Jones
d. Remember: CVS manages files, not directories; as far as CVS is concerned, directories are just handy containers for files. -Larry Jones You're going to be pretty lonely in the nursing home. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: can not lock a branch.

2001-03-06 Thread Larry Jones
modify the RCS file rather than that it could not. Since the requested branch did not exist, there was nothing to lock and hence no reason to change the RCS file. -Larry Jones He just doesn't want to face up to the fact that I'll be the life of every party. -- Calvin __

Re: Tell CVS do checkout and just creates the directory.

2001-03-06 Thread Larry Jones
ant to do this? -Larry Jones Just when I thought this junk was beginning to make sense. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: winCVS -> UNIX CVS

2001-03-06 Thread Larry Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Can I run a Windows NT version of CVS and then some time down the line > import the repository into a UNIX version of CVS? You don't even have to import it, you can just move it -- the repository file format is identical on both platforms. -Larry Jon

Re: removing a directory

2001-03-06 Thread Larry Jones
absent. The usual advice is to do this (have everyone use -P all the time) and change your build procedures (Makefiles or whatever) to create the desired empty directories as required. (Or add a dummy file such as .cvsignore to the directories so that they're not empty.) -Larry Jones Start

Re: Recursive update

2001-03-06 Thread Larry Jones
create new/missing directories. -Larry Jones I think football is a sport the way ducks think hunting is a sport. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: CVS/Entries.Backup Error

2001-03-07 Thread Larry Jones
, you must *never* delete CVS administrative data without deleting the associated files. -Larry Jones I'm so disappointed. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Unable to connect to CVS: to Concurrent Versions System (CVS)

2001-03-07 Thread Larry Jones
vs_21.html#SEC182 particularly the part near the end. If you need more help, see the archives of this list (e.g., http://groups.yahoo.com/group/info-cvs) for additional information on this VERY frequently asked question. -Larry Jones Who, ME? Who?! Me?? WHO... Me?! Who

Re: can not lock a branch.

2001-03-08 Thread Larry Jones
S could have modified the file if it wanted to, it just didn't want to. (I've checked in a change to clarify the message.) -Larry Jones OK, there IS a middle ground, but it's for sissy weasels. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: running behind firewall

2001-03-08 Thread Larry Jones
ave to open the rsh port (514); if you use ssh, you'll have to open the ssh port (22), etc. -Larry Jones OK, there IS a middle ground, but it's for sissy weasels. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Checking source file changes on a date basis

2001-03-08 Thread Larry Jones
folders. It returns all the file names in the directory I am in. If I > simply use the '-R' switch only, then it quite happily recurses the sub > folders. Upgrade to the current release (1.11) from www.cvshome.org. -Larry Jones That's one of the remarkable things about life.

Re: help with RedHat 7.0 and cvs

2001-03-08 Thread Larry Jones
server_args = --allow-root=/home/cvs/CVSROOT pserver > } passenv and server are almost certainly wrong. server should most likely be /usr/bin/cvs; I don't know enough about xinetd to suggest what passenv should be. -Larry Jones Pitiful. Just pitiful. -- Calvin __

Re: help with RedHat 7.0 and cvs

2001-03-08 Thread Larry Jones
Maribel Garcia Arenas writes: > > I've modified the file with [...] > But the error message is the same. > > any suggestions? Like I said, I don't know much about xinetd -- perhaps you have to restart it or send it a signal to get it to notice the modified file?

Re: CVS Checkout

2001-03-09 Thread Larry Jones
ry where i > am. With command-line CVS, you can use ``-d .'' to checkout into the current directory instead of creating a new subdirectory. I have no idea how to do that in WinCVS or any other GUI, though. -Larry Jones Well, it's

Re: WinCVS incorrectly showing locally modified files

2001-03-09 Thread Larry Jones
#x27;t know if that will help WinCVS or not, but I hope so.) -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://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: checkout ontop of otherwise installed source

2001-03-09 Thread Larry Jones
rball be an anonymously checked-out working directory complete with metadata in CVS subdirectories. If you're not going to allow anonymous access, then it's probably best to make interested people do a full checkout in a new directory rather than trying to overlay an existing directory of un

Re: cvs update: move away xyz; it is in the way

2001-03-09 Thread Larry Jones
g one (either the client or the server) that's case sensitive and one that's case insensitive can also lead to these kinds of problems. -Larry Jones Santa's gonna skip this block for years. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: checkout ontop of otherwise installed source

2001-03-09 Thread Larry Jones
d you're using client/server CVS (which you would be in your situation), you'll get the mysterious "move away file; it is in the way" message for every file. -Larry Jones In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks. -- Calv

Re: checkout ontop of otherwise installed source

2001-03-09 Thread Larry Jones
r than trying to support checking out over top of an existing tarball. -Larry Jones OK, there IS a middle ground, but it's for sissy weasels. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: How to set permissions on the repository ?

2001-03-09 Thread Larry Jones
denied. > cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any) You need to set CVS_RSH to ssh for the update, too? -Larry Jones I told her to expect you to deny everything. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

Re: cvs update: move away xyz; it is in the way

2001-03-12 Thread Larry Jones
lly reports timestamps in local time. Your Entries file looks fine to me, so I'm completely mistified by your problem at this point. -Larry Jones Just when I thought this junk was beginning to make sense. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing

Re: pserver without root access

2001-03-12 Thread Larry Jones
ies outside $CVSROOT, but I don't know of any way to read or write files outside of $CVSROOT. If you have modules that run module programs (or allow people to define modules), it is possible for someone to run an arbitrary program under your UID. -Larry Jones Like I'm going to get any slee

Re: CVS Checkout

2001-03-12 Thread Larry Jones
. > > I tried that but i dows not work. > CVS says: > > cvs checkout: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory > cvs [checkout aborted]: no repository I seem to remember that this is a bug in WinCVS. -Larry Jones All this was

Re: Pserver Login problem

2001-03-12 Thread Larry Jones
; - cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from > relpbld03.navipath.net: E Fatal error, aborting. I don't understand how this case is different than the previous one -- both are users defined in CVSROOT/passwd, right? -Larry Jones See, it all ma

Re: Cannot re-add files

2001-03-12 Thread Larry Jones
is to manually move the RCS file into the right place: mv /opt/cvsroot/ORIGIN/Libraries/DataArea/NumberItem/absolute.oc,v /opt/cvsroot/ORIGIN/Libraries/DataArea/NumberItem/Attic/absolute.oc,v -Larry Jones Everything's gotta have rules, rules, rules! -- Calvin ___

Re: inetd problem

2001-03-13 Thread Larry Jones
-- make sure what you added is all on one line and doesn't contain any invisible control characters, and check your syslog output for error messages from inetd. You may want to run inetd by hand with debugging turned on if you still can't figure out what's wrong. -Larry Jone

Re: Problem using pserver access method

2001-03-13 Thread Larry Jones
the CVSROOT you used to check out the directory rather than $CVSROOT. -Larry Jones My "C-" firmly establishes me on the cutting edge of the avant-garde. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: Cannot re-add files

2001-03-13 Thread Larry Jones
to commit the resurrected file at revision 1. You can work around this by explicitly specifying revision 2 on the commit: cvs commit -m "Re-arranged files" -r 2 absolute.oc -Larry Jones Don't you hate it when your boogers freeze? -- Calvin ___

Re: cvs log bug?

2001-03-14 Thread Larry Jones
duces a message that tag ":" is not found in XXX. "cvs log -rSOME_TAG:" > with a single : works as expected. > > I am running the tip of the cvs tree on win2k built using cvsnt.mak. I suspect you're running client/server and need to install the current development

Re: Cannot re-add files

2001-03-14 Thread Larry Jones
t;-- > absolute.oc > cvs server: > /opt/cvsroot/ORIGIN/Libraries/DataArea/NumberItem/absolute.oc,v: > revision 1.1 too low; must be higher than 2.2 > cvs server: could not check in absolute.oc I've checked in a fix for this problem. -Larry Jones Some

Re: Pserver Login problem

2001-03-14 Thread Larry Jones
> I'm beginning to think that I can't get this work. Is there any other way > to debug what is going on? Tell us exactly what you did, in detail, and exactly what error messages you get. -Larry Jones The living dead don't NEED to solve word problems. -- Calvin __

Re: CVS help

2001-03-14 Thread Larry Jones
ht much of the time which causes a great deal of confusion when you run into one of the cases where they don't). -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: Pserver Login problem

2001-03-14 Thread Larry Jones
iles. Are you actually modifying /home/michael/CVS/webSystems/CVSROOT/passwd and /home/michael/CVS/webSystems/CVSROOT/config on the server machine, or are you modifying them remotely using CVS? If the latter, please check the actual files on the server and make sure they contain what you expect them

Re: how to report CVS bugs and submit patches?

2001-03-14 Thread Larry Jones
used at all] for administrative coordination, not technical discussion). -Larry Jones This game lends itself to certain abuses. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: It is in the way

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
> I also do checkouts as root. Is that a bad practice ? Doing *anything* as root that doesn't absolutely have to be done as root is a bad practice. -Larry Jones Archaeologists have the most mind-numbing job on the planet. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: ACLs inside CVS

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
distinct groups of users can become quite unwieldy. -Larry Jones Mr. Subtlety drives home another point. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: info without working copy

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
ects the entire directory and I only want to affect a single file. It seems to me that rtag should be able to do that. I'd call the existing behavior a bug. -Larry Jones I think football is a sport the way ducks think hunting is a sport. -- Calvin

Re: Logging cvs connections

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
27;t log successful connections. If people generally think it would be useful, it wouldn't be hard to add. -Larry Jones Sheesh. Who can fathom the feminine mind? -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: login problem

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
h my system. That's why there's no server. Your Linux system probably uses xinetd instead of inetd. You need to read the man page for xinetd and figure out how to configure it to run CVS. There are probably some examples in the archives (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cv

Re: Logging cvs connections

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
Donald Sharp writes: > > couldn't you infer alot of this information from the history file? Not really, lots of things aren't recorded in the history file and most commands that are have an option to disable it, which would presumably defeat the purpose. -Larry Jones You'

Re: update -C

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
following error: -C was new in CVS 1.11, I believe -- you're probably running an older version. You can get the current version from www.cvshome.org. -Larry Jones I always have to help Dad establish the proper context. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs

Re: CVS help

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
ssion to > history file is denied.But once we put them in the > same group,it is giving the above error.we use :server > and rsh is working. It would be helpfull to see the exact command and the exact error message. -Larry Jones ...That would be pretty cool, if they weren&

Re: CVS commits

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
ock > /home/aanand/CVSD/newrepos/CVSTest/src/cvstest/Frame1.java,v Your CVS server is ancient. Try upgrading to the current version (1.11) which you can find at www.cvshome.org. -Larry Jones My "C-" firmly establishes me on the cutting edg

Re: CVS help

2001-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
server? If it isn't 1.11, I strongly suggest you upgrade. (I know I fixed the error logic so that you get a real error message instead of just "Permission denied", and I'm pretty sure that was before 1.11, but I could be wrong.) -Larry Jon

Re: Adding a directory in the repository

2001-03-16 Thread Larry Jones
n put them directly into the CVS repository and keep their revision history. > 2. To add it through the cvs adding > directories/files mechanism from my working > directory (sandbox)? If you just have the actual files, this is the way to go. -Larry Jones I told her to

Re: newbie^2 connection refused

2001-03-16 Thread Larry Jones
y -- your problems are not CVS problems. -Larry Jones You should see me when I lose in real life! -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

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