RE: checking out multiple branches of a project

Chris Cheshire wrote: I have a project in source control called mylib (for example) that contains libraries used for my various programs. Currently I need to make some changes to a development branch, as well as some changes to the head. I have been deleting one, checking out the other,

RE: What should I do with CVS after IP address changed

In bash (and ksh), you can also do it on just one line: export CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvs-rep Like Chris suggested, you should put this in the .bashrc file. Thanks, Don Zielke American Electric Power Direct (614) 583-6337 Audinet 8-220-6337 Email dzielke (at) aep.com ---

RE: cvs add-ing large source tree

Jate Sujjavanich wrote: I am having trouble cvs add-ing a very large source tree (500mb). I take the following steps: 1) create a blank module by importing an empty directory 2) check out the empty module into my source root 3) do a find . /( -type d -name CVS -prune \) -o \( -type d \) |

Re: CVS Problem

Mark D. Baushke wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manuel Ledesma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was using CVS in local machine fine; running on top of Fedore Core 4. my cvs version is 1.11.20 and after updating my system, I started getting this error: cvs [login aborted]:

Re: checking out multiple branches of a project

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 09:20:04AM -0400, Jim.Hyslop wrote: Chris Cheshire wrote: I have a project in source control called mylib (for example) that contains libraries used for my various programs. Currently I need to make some changes to a development branch, as well as some changes to

Re: CVS Problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manuel Ledesma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mark D. Baushke wrote: Manuel Ledesma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was using CVS in local machine fine; running on top of Fedore Core 4. my cvs version is 1.11.20 and after updating my system, I started

Re: checking out multiple branches of a project

On 4/21/05, Jim.Hyslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Cheshire wrote: I have a project in source control called mylib (for example) that contains libraries used for my various programs. Currently I need to make some changes to a development branch, as well as some changes to the head. I

RE: checking out multiple branches of a project

Doug Lee wrote: I have often wished for an automatic way to check out all existing branches of a given module with one command. Example: If I have module mymod with HEAD and branches named rel1 and rel2: mkdir cvs_co cd cvs_co cvs co -b mymod cd mymod ls # would list HEAD (or head),

RE: checking out multiple branches of a project

Russ Sherk wrote: On 4/21/05, Jim.Hyslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure, piece of cake. Check out [sic] the -d option to the checkout command. To be clear: [etc]. I was _trying_ to encourage Chris to study the manual so he'd be more familiar with the options. Oh, well :-) -- Jim Hyslop

Re: What should I do with CVS after IP address changed

Hong, Yi writes: It seems that the system was still trying to connect to the old IP address 141.106.32.35. Exactly. This is *NOT* a CVS problem -- it's a name resolution problem. Either the client system is using a hosts file that needs to be updated or you have a DNS problem you need to

Re: checking out multiple branches of a project

Hello Doug, * On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 09:59:30AM -0400 Doug Lee wrote: I have often wished for an automatic way to check out all existing branches of a given module with one command. Example: If I have module mymod with HEAD and branches named rel1 and rel2: SVN has such an option (if you

RE: What should I do with CVS after IP address changed

I contacted our IS people. They said no problem with DNS. I'll double check the hosts file. Thanks a lot, Yi -Original Message- From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:46 AM To: Hong, Yi Cc: Jason Viers; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; info-cvs@gnu.org Subject:

RE: cvs add-ing large source tree

The simple cvs commit doesn't work for me. It errors out with a Protocol error: too many arguments. Hence my current solution to break it up with finds. The directory tree is created, but I believe I have tracked the problem to find. Because it finds deeper directories first, and CVS directors do

RE: cvs add-ing large source tree

Jate Sujjavanich wrote: The simple cvs commit doesn't work for me. It errors out with a Protocol error: too many arguments. Hence my current solution to break it up with finds. Ah, I see. How many files are you dealing with? If you're having difficulties just adding the modules, you are

Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

What is the syntax for creating a module alias when there is a space in the module name? For example, if my repository has a root directory named spaced name (without the quotes), how would I define an alias for it in CVSROOT/modules? I'm able to checkout and commit files from modules with spaces

Re: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

Ed J writes: What is the syntax for creating a module alias when there is a space in the module name? There isn't one. -Larry Jones It's clear I'll never have a career in sports until I learn to suppress my survival instinct. -- Calvin ___

Re: cvs add-ing large source tree

Jim.Hyslop writes: find's -depth argument may help; if I understand the man page correctly, it switches find from depth-first to breadth-first processing. No, -depth switches *to* depth-first processing. The default is pre-order traversal, which means that a directory is processed before its

Re: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

Ed J wrote: What is the syntax for creating a module alias when there is a space in the module name? Not Possible, but it can be worked around. SNIP Is this a TortoiseCVS issue? No. See: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2001-06/msg00350.html My solution, put a simlink in the

RE: cvs add-ing large source tree

My theory was wrong. A log file of the find ... -type f | xargs cvs add shows that it never schedules the missing file for addition. I'm not sure why yet. - Jate S. -Original Message- From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:30 PM To: Jim.Hyslop Cc:

Re: cvs add-ing large source tree

Jate Sujjavanich wrote: My theory was wrong. A log file of the find ... -type f | xargs cvs add shows that it never schedules the missing file for addition. I'm not sure why yet. - Jate S. SNIP how about trying `find ... -type f | xargs -l cvs add` From the size of the tree you

RE: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

Todd Denniston wrote: [1] IMNSHO, spaces in file and directory names are one of the many evils in computers, remove them when possible and re-educate the creators (as much as you are allowed :). Well, at the risk of starting up a jihad, I'd disagree with that statement. Computers are no

Re: cvs add-ing large source tree

Jate Sujjavanich writes: My theory was wrong. A log file of the find ... -type f | xargs cvs add shows that it never schedules the missing file for addition. I'm not sure why yet. Do any of your files have spaces in the names? If so, find/xargs won't process them correctly (if you have the

Re: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

Todd Denniston writes: My solution, put a simlink in the repo to the directory of interest, and in the modules file use the link. Note that this only works if you're not using LockDir= in your CVSROOT/config file. Otherwise, you defeat CVS's locking and put your repository at risk of

Nooby question: need help with setting CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvs-rep

I'm trying to set the environment variable CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvs-rep. I use the export command like this in the terminal: export CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvs-rep. When I exit the terminal, (which runs the default bash) the variable cvsroot goes away. I have looked in a bunch of places which say

Re: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

Jim.Hyslop wrote: Tools should conform to the way people use them. Not the other way around. Automobiles never should have forced people to adapt to using a wheel when everyone already knew how to use reins. -- Stephen Carville [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix and Network Admin Nationwide Totalflood 6033

Re: Nooby question: need help with setting CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvs-rep

It's working just as designed. :-) Variables that stay around permanently only stay that way as long as you are logged in. I suggest adding it to your .bashrc file in your home directory. UNIX/Linux process that file every time a new terminal session is opened and will set it automatically at

RE: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

Stephen Carville wrote: Jim.Hyslop wrote: Tools should conform to the way people use them. Not the other way around. Automobiles never should have forced people to adapt to using a wheel when everyone already knew how to use reins.

Re: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

Jim.Hyslop wrote: Stephen Carville wrote: Jim.Hyslop wrote: Tools should conform to the way people use them. Not the other way around. Automobiles never should have forced people to adapt to using a wheel when everyone already knew how to use reins.

RE: Nooby question: need help with setting CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvs-rep

It's working just as designed. :-) Variables that stay around permanently only stay that way as long as you are logged in. I suggest adding it to your .bashrc file in your home directory. UNIX/Linux process that file every time a new terminal session is opened and will set it

Re: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

On 4/21/05, Stephen Carville [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim.Hyslop wrote: Stephen Carville wrote: Jim.Hyslop wrote: Tools should conform to the way people use them. Not the other way around. Automobiles never should have forced people to adapt to using a wheel when everyone already

Re: CVS Problem

Mark D. Baushke wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manuel Ledesma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mark D. Baushke wrote: Manuel Ledesma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was using CVS in local machine fine; running on top of Fedore Core 4. my cvs version is 1.11.20 and after

Re: CVS Problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manuel Ledesma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mark D. Baushke wrote: Manuel Ledesma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mark D. Baushke wrote: Manuel Ledesma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was using CVS in local machine fine; running on top of Fedore Core 4. my

Re: CVS Problem

On Thursday 21 April 2005 17:27, Manuel Ledesma wrote: I was using CVS in local machine fine; running on top of Fedore Core 4. my cvs version is 1.11.20 and after updating my system, I started getting this error: Didn't CVS just move to the list of apps now under SELinux control? Could

Re: CVS Problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Klinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thursday 21 April 2005 17:27, Manuel Ledesma wrote: I was using CVS in local machine fine; running on top of Fedore Core 4. my cvs version is 1.11.20 and after updating my system, I started getting

Re: Nooby question: need help with setting CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvs-rep

Ahh, thank you very much :) Now I know why it doesn't work! Thank you! ___ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: CVS Problem

Mark D. Baushke wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Klinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thursday 21 April 2005 17:27, Manuel Ledesma wrote: I was using CVS in local machine fine; running on top of Fedore Core 4. my cvs version is 1.11.20 and after updating my system,

RE: history command

Ins't # cvs history -c -a what you need? The -c shows only the commits instead of -e that shows all. -a means every user. Use -u user to limit the output. http://computing.ee.ethz.ch/sepp/cvs-1.10-to/cvsbook/main_80.html Thorsten -Original Message- From: Todd Denniston [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: updating Entries files only

Hello Jim, * On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 04:33:48PM -0400 Jim.Hyslop wrote: I see. That's a tricky one to overcome. Sometimes, you just gotta bend the rules a little: how important is it, really, for everything to be lower-case? Of course, this is all perfect hind-sight, and doesn't help you in

Re: updating Entries files only

Hello Frederic, * On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 04:31:39PM -0400 Frederic Brehm wrote: How about renaming the *repository* directory ABC to abc? Try it (in a copy of the repository) and see if it breaks anything that you care about. Thank you for this suggestion. I already tried it, but without

Re: updating Entries files only

Hello, * On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 10:15:42AM +0200 I wrote: Actually, though, I should think a 'cvs update -P ABC' followed by a 'cvs update -ld abc' should do the trick for you. Thanks, Jim! This is the solution to my problem. Doing some more tests, this is not a solution to the

Disable cvs commands for users ?

Hi, it's possible to block/disable single cvs commands for several users ? We use pserver-access and it would be nice (better :-)) that some users cannot tagging or create branches. Thanks and regards, Maik Walter ___ Info-cvs mailing list

RE: Disable cvs commands for users ?

Maik Walter wrote: it's possible to block/disable single cvs commands for several users ? We use pserver-access and it would be nice (better :-)) that some users cannot tagging or create branches. First of all, do you really need to block tagging? Creating tags and branches is pretty

RE: Disable cvs commands for users ?

Thanks Jim, I'll try it first via taginfo. Regards, Maik Walter --- InterComponentWare AG Phone: +49-6227-385-106 Fax: +49-6227-385-199 Jim.Hyslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20.04.2005 17:58

RE: What should I do with CVS after IP address changed

Thanks, Jim! I tried to check out with the command cvs -d 141.106.32.35 co healthlink but got the following message: Cvs checkout: CVSROOT 141.106.32.35 must be an absolute pathname Csv [checkout aborted]: Bad CVSROOT. Any idea about this? Could you please let me know how to check out a fresh

RE: What should I do with CVS after IP address changed

Either 1. set your CVSROOT environment variable in your startup scirpts appropriately. Ex, for c-shell's .cshrc file setenv CVSROOT :access type:141.106.32.35:/your_cvs_path access type here is either pserver, rsh, ssh, etc. 2. Or from directly from command line cvs co -d

RE: What should I do with CVS after IP address changed

I was able to check out with the new IP address by using the command: cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvs-rep co healthlink But I still got the same error message after I tried to update the file: [EMAIL PROTECTED] images]# cvs update prevpic.gif cvs [update aborted]: connect to

cvs add-ing large source tree

I am having trouble cvs add-ing a very large source tree (500mb). I take the following steps: 1) create a blank module by importing an empty directory 2) check out the empty module into my source root 3) do a find . /( -type d -name CVS -prune \) -o \( -type d \) | xargs cvs add 4) do a find .

checking out multiple branches of a project

I have a project in source control called mylib (for example) that contains libraries used for my various programs. Currently I need to make some changes to a development branch, as well as some changes to the head. I have been deleting one, checking out the other, deleting it, checking out

CVS Problem

I was using CVS in local machine fine; running on top of Fedore Core 4. my cvs version is 1.11.20 and after updating my system, I started getting this error: cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from localhost: cvs pserver: cannot open /var/cvs/CVSROOT/config: Permission denied I

Off Topic but About Code managment

Hello, I have monitored this list on and off for about 6 years and have never written to it. I am in, for the first time, in the spot where I must manage the code repository rather than just use CVS as an end user. What I have is not a CVS specific question per se, but CVS is the software I

updating Entries files only

I think I asked this before, but I can't find it: Is there a way to update just the CVS/Entries files so they reflect the current directory structure that's checked in? Due to the way I've been partially adding pieces of our tree over time, I seem to have ended up with some top level Entries

Installing CVs on Windows or Unix. Which one is better?

Hi, I need to install CVS for our software development. At the same time, a team sitting across globe would also be using the same CVS server for version control Under the circumstances, will it be good to install CVS on Windows or UNIX? What are the pros and cons ofn installing CVS on

Cvs and Solaris 10

Hi, Just wondering if anyone has had any problems with cvs import on solaris 10. The version of cvs we are using is 1.11.19. The previous setup that worked was solaris 8 with cvs 1.10.8. Cheers, Ryan Lea Web Developer n Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] n Tel: 0207 318 9080 n Fax: 0207 318 9099

history command

hi all, Could anyone tell me how to get user commit comments in the cvs history -e -a output ? cheers dave ___ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

RE: Off Topic but About Code managment

Daniel, Some things you might find useful in your quest: Branching Patterns for Parallel Software Development [http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/acme/branching/] Software Release Methodology [ISBN 0136365647] The latter source goes over some of the basic of source control management such as:

Re: history command

dave frost writes: Could anyone tell me how to get user commit comments in the cvs history -e -a output ? Only by rewriting CVS. -Larry Jones I've got an idea for a sit-com called Father Knows Zilch. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list

RE: How do we get in touch with the list owners?

mgrd wrote: Jim.Hyslop wrote: [..] Who's minding the store? How do we get in touch with them? More to the point, how do we get rid of [EMAIL PROTECTED] from this list? I'm getting really annoyed with all the bounce messages I get from the server saying No such user in German.

RE: updating Entries files only

Steve Sapovits wrote: I think I asked this before, but I can't find it: Is there a way to update just the CVS/Entries files so they reflect the current directory structure that's checked in? Sure. Just issue a 'cvs update -d' command. That will retrieve any new files and directories. As a

RE: Installing CVs on Windows or Unix. Which one is better?

Ritesh_Srivastava wrote: I need to install CVS for our software development. At the same time, a team sitting across globe would also be using the same CVS server for version control Under the circumstances, will it be good to install CVS on Windows or UNIX? What are the pros and cons

Re: updating Entries files only

Jim.Hyslop wrote: Sure. Just issue a 'cvs update -d' command. That will retrieve any new files and directories. I was wondering if there was a way to do that without retrieving any files. As a side note, though: don't be poking around the Entries file. There is rarely, if ever, any need to examine

Re: history command

Larry Jones wrote: dave frost writes: Could anyone tell me how to get user commit comments in the cvs history -e -a output ? Only by rewriting CVS. -Larry Jones Or by re-writing your question to ask how to get the information you need, not how to make a command do something

RE: updating Entries files only

Steve Sapovits wrote: I agree. We got ourselves into a weird state where I'd like to be able to have Entries reflect what can be updated so I can start at the root and selectively update pieces. In its current state it thinks there are only two subdirectories. But I think doing 'cvs -n

Re: Cvs and Solaris 10

Hi Ryan - Just wondering if anyone has had any problems with cvs import on solaris 10. The version of cvs we are using is 1.11.19. As part of our CVS Replicator testing, we run long stress tests with imports and other command on various Solaris versions including Solaris 10. Haven't noticed

RE: Cvs and Solaris 10

Cvs is sgementation faulting when an import is run. I have tried this both remotely and locally on the machine with the cvs server. The filesystem has correct read/write permissions for CVSROOT, checkouts, updates and everything else in cvs works fine - only the imports seem to be failing.

Re: Cvs and Solaris 10

Ryan Lea writes: Cvs is sgementation faulting when an import is run. I have tried this both remotely and locally on the machine with the cvs server. Can you use a debugger to get a traceback? -Larry Jones I'm getting disillusioned with these New Years. -- Calvin

Re: updating Entries files only

* On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 10:53:28AM -0400 Jim.Hyslop wrote: As a side note, though: don't be poking around the Entries file. There is rarely, if ever, any need to examine the contents of the file. You mean, do not poke around with them unless you are working on a Windows system, the server

RE: updating Entries files only

Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: * On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 10:53:28AM -0400 Jim.Hyslop wrote: As a side note, though: don't be poking around the Entries file. There is rarely, if ever, any need to examine the contents of the file. You mean, do not poke around with them unless you are working

What should I do with CVS after IP address changed

Hi, I got the following error message after I tried cvs update command: cvs [update aborted]: connect to cvs-rep(141.106.32.35):2401 failed: Connection timed out We just readdressed IP of our test server. We are using CVS to transfer modified files from test server to production

Share A cvs repository between two OSes

I dual boot Windows and Linux. In linux, I have a CVS repository set up. Is there a way to access (commit, checkout, update, add, etc.) this repository from Windows (using cvs in cygwin). If there was some way to have windows map the ext3 drive so that it could be accessed from a drive letter,

Re: updating Entries files only

Hello Jim, * On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 03:31:33PM -0400 Jim.Hyslop wrote: If you get into that situation, then the solution is to (a) go rap somebody's knuckles, then (b) fix the collision in the repository. Well, renaming ABC/ to abc/ was a deliberate decision as all directories should be

RE: What should I do with CVS after IP address changed

Hong, Yi wrote: I got the following error message after I tried cvs update command: cvs [update aborted]: connect to cvs-rep(141.106.32.35):2401 failed: Connection timed out We just readdressed IP of our test server. We are using CVS to transfer modified files from test server to

Re: updating Entries files only

How about renaming the *repository* directory ABC to abc? Try it (in a copy of the repository) and see if it breaks anything that you care about. Fred Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: Hello Jim, * On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 03:31:33PM -0400 Jim.Hyslop wrote: If you get into that situation, then the

RE: updating Entries files only

Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: Well, renaming ABC/ to abc/ was a deliberate decision as all directories should be lowercase on our side. We did not know that CVS has such a problem with this. I see. That's a tricky one to overcome. Sometimes, you just gotta bend the rules a little: how important is

RE: updating Entries files only

I wrote: Actually, though, I should think a 'cvs update -P ABC' followed by a 'cvs update -ld abc' should do the trick for you. Sorry, the -l option wouldn't be necessary: 'cvs update -d abc' -- Jim Hyslop Senior Software Designer Leitch Technology International Inc. (

RE: Share A cvs repository between two OSes

Mr. Question wrote: I dual boot Windows and Linux. In linux, I have a CVS repository set up. Is there a way to access (commit, checkout, update, add, etc.) this repository from Windows (using cvs in cygwin). If there was some way to have windows map the ext3 drive so that it could be

Re: updating Entries files only

Jim.Hyslop wrote: I'm not entirely clear on what exactly you're trying to achieve. Could you rephrase what you're trying to do, but leave out any references to the CVS/Entries file? I'm not sure. Maybe someone can help explain to me how I ended up where I am and we can go from there. We had a

Re: Share A cvs repository between two OSes

Hello, * On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 12:56:50PM -0700 Mr. Question wrote: If there was some way to have windows map the ext3 drive so that it could be accessed from a drive letter, all would be well. While not CVS related, EXT2IFS (http://www.fs-driver.org/) might help you. It can mount ext3 (as

Re: CVS import for executables and binary files

Hello, * On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 10:26:58AM +0530 Balaji D wrote: When I import few object files and exeuctables, through cvs import command through command line, I dont get these files reflected in the cvs area. Can some one help me to find out the option for importing those files. Most

Re: CVS import for executables and binary files

On 4/18/05, Spiro Trikaliotis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, * On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 10:26:58AM +0530 Balaji D wrote: When I import few object files and exeuctables, through cvs import command through command line, I dont get these files reflected in the cvs area. Can some one

RE: Update to create a directory with absolute paths

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use cvsnt and I have the following problem: You will get better, more complete answers if you contact a list that focuses on CVSNT. This list focuses on CVS available from www.cvshome.org Try http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt or

NEED HELP with CVS lock

Hi, I am trying to commit a file to the CVS. CVS returns the following mesg: cvs commit -m testing test.pas cvs [commit aborted]: error writing to lock file //srv1/stor3/cvsroot/test/main/,test.pas, This file used to be fine until one day CVS crashed. After the crash, I am unable to commit any

Re: NEED HELP with CVS lock

Hi Anthony, Take a look in the actual repository (//srv1/stor3/cvsroot/test/main/) and look for cvs.lock and cvs.hostname.pid.lock. If the dates on this file are old (about the same date as the cvs crash), you can just remove the locks manually. Also, make sure you have write permissions in

Re: NEED HELP with CVS lock

Anthony writes: cvs commit -m testing test.pas cvs [commit aborted]: error writing to lock file //srv1/stor3/cvsroot/test/main/,test.pas, That file (//srv1/stor3/cvsroot/test/main/,test.pas,) is probably a remnant of the crash -- simply removing it should solve the problem. -Larry Jones

Silly question about CVS and permissions

Folks, I'm COMPLETELY new to CVS, and am assisting the CVS administrator configure the tool on a Linux server. I've got a cursory understanding of the CVSROOT directory structure; my question is one of permissions. I realize that this has probably been addressed in the past, but reading

Best method to overwrite someone's changes?

I found this e-mail (below) from Derek a while back. Can I use this method to revert a branch to a certain tag date? IOW, cvs up -r branchA -j tag_yesterday_branchA -j branchA cvs commit Will this revert latest branchA's code to tag_yesterday_branchA's code? -chris No, you will only

CVS Permission Questions

Folks, I'm COMPLETELY new to CVS, and am assisting the CVS administrator configure the tool on a Linux server. I've got a cursory understanding of the CVSROOT directory structure; my question is one of permissions. I realize that this has probably been addressed in the past, but reading

Stable CVS Version 1.11.20 Released! strongSecurity Update/strong

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stable CVS 1.11.20 has been released. Stable releases contain only bug fixes from previous versions of CVS. This version fixes many minor security issues in the CVS server executable including a potentially serious buffer overflow vulnerability with

RE: Best method to overwrite someone's changes?

Or maybe this... cd to branchA sandbox cvs up -j branchA -j tag_yesterday_branchA cvs commit -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Fouts Christopher (IFNA MP DC) Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:30 PM To: info-cvs@gnu.org

Re: Silly question about CVS and permissions

Michaelis, Daniel writes: This is a multi-part message in MIME format.Please do not send MIME and/or HTML encrypted messages to the list. Plain text only, PLEASE! SNIP there doesn't seem to be anything that prevents User1 from going into the ProjectDir1/bin directory and removing file2

RE: Silly question about CVS and permissions

Todd, Thanks for the answers. Regarding your comments, my intent is less to provide a secure environment (we don't expose cvs outside the internal network), and I'm not terribly worried about malicious destruction of data; I'm much more concerned with the occasional fat-fingered mistake that

RE: Best method to overwrite someone's changes?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or maybe this... cd to branchA sandbox cvs up -j branchA -j tag_yesterday_branchA cvs commit I found this e-mail (below) from Derek a while back. Can I use this method to revert a branch to a certain tag date? IOW, cvs up -r branchA -j

Re: CVS Feature Version 1.12.12 Released! * Security Update *

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Derek Price wrote: We recommend this upgrade for all CVS servers! Cut and paste error. Should have read: We recommend this upgrade for all CVS clients and servers already running the feature release and for those who simply like to stay on

CVS Feature Version 1.12.12 Released! * Security Update *

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Feature CVS 1.12.12 has been released. Feature releases contain new features as well as all the bug fixes from the stable releases. This version fixes many minor security issues in the CVS server executable including a potentially serious buffer

How do we get in touch with the list owners?

I have tried on many occasions to get hold of the list owners to complain about a particular user. I have not received any responses from [EMAIL PROTECTED], or from [EMAIL PROTECTED]' (the 'mailto' link at lists.gnu.org). I have received neither an acknowledgement of my request, nor a bounce

Re: How do we get in touch with the list owners?

Jim.Hyslop wrote: [..] Who's minding the store? How do we get in touch with them? More to the point, how do we get rid of [EMAIL PROTECTED] from this list? I'm getting really annoyed with all the bounce messages I get from the server saying No such user in German. If nothing helps, can't you just

RE: CVSNT and eclipse cvs cannot connect? (newbie!)

Philliph, You are using CVSNT in local mode (F:\cvs), for another computer to use the repository you need to use it in client server mode. Firstly open the CVS for NT control panel and check that the CVSNT and Lock services are running and in the compatibility settings set all the switches on

Re: Silly question about CVS and permissions

Michaelis, Daniel wrote: Todd, Thanks for the answers. Regarding your comments, my intent is less to provide a secure environment (we don't expose cvs outside the internal network), and I'm not terribly worried about malicious destruction of data; I'm much more concerned with the

Merge Issues

All, We have two Branches, Head and Branch A. Branch A is created in order to help defect fixes. We use to merge from Branch A to Head on a weekly basis. After we merge we used to create a version tag in Branch A, which will be used as the Starting point for the next merge. Now here comes the

Re: Java Api for cvs

Suhas - You may want to look at - http://www.jcvs.org -- Rahul Bhargava, CTO, WANdisco http://www.wandisco.com/cvs ___ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Update to create a directory with absolute paths

Hi! I use cvsnt and I have the following problem: I have an path like C:\mod\dir\test.txt where mod is an cvs-module. When I delete the directory dir and try to recreate it with an update in the way like this: C:\modcvs update -d dir everything is okay, the directory dir and the file test.txt is

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