I got it working due to the timely responses of both Mr. Jones and Mr.
Baushke - Thanks guys!
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Our CVS admin quit, and the admin duties were turned over to me. I've
used CVS as a normal user, but never as an admin. First, here's my
environment:
CVS is running on Solaris, the usernames are _not_ tied to the Unix
login. I don't have root access to the Solaris machine.
I a
Our CVS admin quit, and the admin duties were turned over to me. I've
used CVS as a normal user, but never as an admin. First, here's my
environment:
CVS is running on Solaris, the usernames are _not_ tied to the Unix
login. I don't have root access to the Solaris machine.
I a
Godavarthi, Manasa writes:
>
> I had to change a branch name and by accident I went into the
> repository(CVS ROOT) itself and executed the following command :
>
> cvs admin -nNew_Branch_Name:Old_Branch_Name
>
> And it gave me message saying "Administering each "
Hi,
I read it on info-cvs how to change a branchname using cvs admin commands.
I had to change a branch name and by accident I went into the repository(CVS
ROOT) itself and executed the following command :
cvs admin -nNew_Branch_Name:Old_Branch_Name
And it gave me message saying
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> Jeeva Sarma writes:
> >
> > I have a question using cvs admin command to delete a revision of a
> > file. If I deleted revision 1.7 of a file, which also exists on a
> > branch at that revision, what will be the status of that
> f
Jeeva Sarma writes:
>
> I have a question using cvs admin command to delete a
> revision of a file. If I deleted revision 1.7 of a
> file, which also exists on a branch at that revision,
> what will be the status of that file on the branch?
A revision cannot be on multiple bran
I have a question using cvs admin command to delete a
revision of a file. If I deleted revision 1.7 of a
file, which also exists on a branch at that revision,
what will be the status of that file on the branch?
Some files exist on trunk and also branch, and we want
to rollback some revisions for
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 prope
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Subject: Re: cvs admin -L
> Marcelo Carvalho Fernandes writes:
> >
> > In "cvs admin" command, there is a -L option that says:
> >
> > "Set stricting lock. Strict locking means that the owner o
Marcelo Carvalho Fernandes writes:
>
> In "cvs admin" command, there is a -L option that says:
>
> "Set stricting lock. Strict locking means that the owner of an RCS file is
> not exempt from locking for checkin"
>
> What does it mean ? Can you give a e
It means that it becomes a requirement to lock the file no matter who
you are.
donald
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Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 5:04 PM
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Subject: cvs admin -L
Hi all !
In
Hi all !
In "cvs admin" command, there is a -L option that says:
"Set stricting lock. Strict locking means that the owner of an RCS file is
not exempt from locking for checkin"
What does it mean ? Can you give a exemple ?
--
Marcelo Carvalho
Sam Steingold writes:
>
> if the latest version is 1.7 and I do
> $ cvs admin -o 1.7 foo
> then foo is still marked as 1.7 in CVS/Entries and thus I have to edit
> it by hand to be able to work on the file.
Admin only affects the repository, it does not affect your working
direc
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>Of Sam Steingold
>Sent: Friday, 26 March, 2004 5:09 AM
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>Subject: cvs admin -o does not modify CVS/Entries
>
>
>if the latest version is 1.7 and I do
>$ cvs admin -o 1.7
if the latest version is 1.7 and I do
$ cvs admin -o 1.7 foo
then foo is still marked as 1.7 in CVS/Entries and thus I have to edit
it by hand to be able to work on the file.
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I have my user setup in the cvsadmin group on the pserver-cvs server. I
check out to my local workstation and attempt to perfrom a cvs admin -U,
and receive the following error message:
cvs [admin aborted]: usage is restricted to members of the group cvsadmin
This is the output from id on the
mand has been deprecated.
>
> When was the command deprecated and do we know when it will be removed
> from the available commands list?
The CvsNT source base has added DEPRICATED to the 'cvs admin -l' as of
version 1.33 of src/admin.c on 2003-02-07.
(Use 'cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL
has
not been deprecated in any version of standard CVS.
> Would this suggest that moving forward if we are rolling out a new
> process for the team (we are using CVS for doc mgmt as well and
> therefore need a way to lock docs) we should strongly advise them to use
> cvs edit/ watch
that moving forward if we are rolling out a new
process for the team (we are using CVS for doc mgmt as well and
therefore need a way to lock docs) we should strongly advise them to use
cvs edit/ watch rather than cvs admin -l
Thanks and Regards
Aditya
> How do I set-up my self as a cvs admin on the server
> side?
>
What do you mean by "cvs admin"? As a CVS administrator, you should
have full permissions on the repository or repositories. To use
"cvs admin" commands, either have no Unix group "cvsadmin&q
How do I set-up my self as a cvs admin on the server
side?
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> Administrating .RCS file: /home/dumb/cvsroot/my/a.c,vcvs admin:
> /home/dumb/cvsroot/my/a.c,v: Symbolic name release2 is undefined.cvs
> admin: RCS file for `a.c' not modified.The manual use a command 'cvs
> admin -bWDIFF .' to explain this.I don't know wha
d you want to
revert to the vendor's version for all the files in that directory, you would type:
$ cd ~/work.d/wdiff
$ cvs admin -bWDIFF .
Up is a section of CVS manual.I can't understand it really.first,it said that 'if you
have a checked-out copy of sources...',w
Go to
directory /var/lib/cvs/myproj
and delete the #cvs.. manually It will
solve the problem
Regards,
Amit
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admin
I did a cvs admin -U by
I did a cvs admin -U by error and now when i commit, I got all the time:
cvs commit:[21:28:54] waiting for root's lock in /var/lib/cvs/myproj
cvs commit:[21:28:54] waiting for root's lock in /var/lib/cvs/myproj
cvs commit:[21:28:54] waiting for root's lock in /var
Mohamed Metwaly writes:
>
> I am trying to do reserved checkouts, I tried "cvs
> admin -l file_name", although this is not exactly what
> I want, I found out that another user can UNlock a
> file that was not locked by him.
> That is:
> user1: cvs admin -l file1
&
Hi,
I am trying to do reserved checkouts, I tried "cvs
admin -l file_name", although this is not exactly what
I want, I found out that another user can UNlock a
file that was not locked by him.
That is:
user1: cvs admin -l file1
OK
user2: cvs admin -u file1
OK
Is this ok??
Thanks for
Ronald Landheer wrote:
>Hello all,
>
> One of my interns wrote an administration system for CVS for me (a set
>of Bash scripts that manages the repository, users, project managers,
>etc. etc.) based on a set of scripts I wrote earlier. Basically, it
>helps set up a new repository and manage
Hello all,
One of my interns wrote an administration system for CVS for me (a set
of Bash scripts that manages the repository, users, project managers,
etc. etc.) based on a set of scripts I wrote earlier. Basically, it
helps set up a new repository and manage user accounts, but it needs
s
I thought the docs on cvshome.org were weak, where else can I look?
thanks
rickb
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What about them were weak?
Noel
--- Ricardo Bosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought the docs on cvshome.org were weak, where
> else can I look?
>
>
> thanks
> rickb
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> > > Why would you consider using a tool ... [for]
> > > the copy-edit-merge model of development if you're not willing to
> > > embrace that model?
> > All I can say is, that's a very good question.
> analysing whatever
> fears you might have about the copy-edit-merge model,
I'm chuckling beca
"Greg A. Woods" wrote:
[ On Monday, March 25, 2002 at 10:30:55 (-0500),
John Lippiello wrote: ]
> Subject: RE: lock-modify-unlock model and cvs admin -l
>
> [ On Friday, March 22, 2002 at 15:51:42 (-0500), Greg A. Woods
wrote: ]
> >
> > Why would you consider
[ On Monday, March 25, 2002 at 10:30:55 (-0500), John Lippiello wrote: ]
> Subject: RE: lock-modify-unlock model and cvs admin -l
>
> [ On Friday, March 22, 2002 at 15:51:42 (-0500), Greg A. Woods wrote: ]
> >
> > Why would you consider using a tool that is explicitly desi
: lock-modify-unlock model and cvs admin -l
>
>
> [ On Friday, March 22, 2002 at 09:46:35 (-0500), John Lippiello wrote: ]
> > Subject: lock-modify-unlock model and cvs admin -l
> >
> > My company uses the lock-modify-unlock model of software
> > development. We
[ On Friday, March 22, 2002 at 09:46:35 (-0500), John Lippiello wrote: ]
> Subject: lock-modify-unlock model and cvs admin -l
>
> My company uses the lock-modify-unlock model of software
> development. We are considering moving to CVS. I see in
> the Cederqvist document in
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 09:46:35AM -0500, John Lippiello wrote:
> My company uses the lock-modify-unlock model of software
> development. We are considering moving to CVS.
CVS is *far* from ideal for this model.
"cvs admin -l" is a kludgy backdoor way of accessing the
lower-l
re not going to do the first sentence
any more.
John> I see in the Cederqvist document in Sec. A.6.1 that there is a way to
John> lock using "cvs admin -l". At the start of section A.6 is a comment
John> that some of the options in this section have questionable usefulness
John>
John Lippiello writes:
>
> My company uses the lock-modify-unlock model of software
> development. We are considering moving to CVS. I see in
> the Cederqvist document in Sec. A.6.1 that there is a way
> to lock using "cvs admin -l". At the start of section
> A
Hi
My company uses the lock-modify-unlock model of software
development. We are considering moving to CVS. I see in
the Cederqvist document in Sec. A.6.1 that there is a way
to lock using "cvs admin -l". At the start of section
A.6 is a comment that some of the options in this se
Hi,
I've read about a bug in CVS using the "cvs admin -l" command which
locks both revisions 1.1.1.1 & 1.1. What I'd like to know is what behavior I
can expect to get from this bug?
Currently if I lock revision 1.1.1.1, any other user can edit the file, and
com
hitlock, Ginger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Why does 'cvs admin -l' complain that my branch is
absent?
Hello CVS-Guru's
We're running Solaris 8, with CVS 1.11
Might someone help me with an error I'm
-Original Message-
From: Teala Spitzbarth
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:32 AM
To: 'Whitlock, Ginger'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Why does 'cvs admin -l' complain that my branch
is absent?
Oh, yuck.
I know from other email that Larry has sent me that
administrator to run
the admin command (your user has to be in CVSROOT/admin). That's
actually not a very good strategy, the cvs admin command contains a
plethora of unrelated operations, some of them administrative and some
not. I'll probably fix this in my next release, unless the c
Whitlock, Ginger writes:
>
> Might someone help me with an error I'm receiving with attempting to lock a
> branch in CVS?
CVS doesn't support locking branches, only revisions.
> I receive an error complaining that my branch is absent:
>
> cvs admin:
> /opt/cvs/
-Original Message-
From: Teala Spitzbarth
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:32 AM
To: 'Whitlock, Ginger'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Why does 'cvs admin -l'
complain that my branch is absent?
Oh, yuck.
I know from other email that Larry has sent me that
Hello CVS-Guru's
We're running Solaris 8, with CVS 1.11
Might someone help me with an error I'm receiving with attempting to lock a
branch in CVS?
I receive an error complaining that my branch is absent:
cvs admin:
/opt/cvs/customer1/software/src/com/gers/sales/order/persist/
ok.
Thanks for all your help, I'll try to figure when and how update the cvs
server version.
thanks for your help.
Moises.
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones)
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moises Zanabria)
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: cvs admin -k ??
>Date: Thu,
Moises Zanabria writes:
>
> Well actually we use cvs v1.11 for client and cvs v1.10 in server, do you
> think that's the problem??
Definitely. The exception for -k was added in 1.10.7.
-Larry Jones
They can make me do it, but they can't make me do it with dignity. -- Calvin
Well actually we use cvs v1.11 for client and cvs v1.10 in server, do you
think that's the problem??
Thanks.
Moises
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones)
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moises Zanabria)
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: cvs admin -k ??
>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001
Moises Zanabria writes:
>
> Larry attachment is the CVS_CLIENT_LOG.in and CVS_CLIENT_LOG.out, I not have
> configurated the ~/.cvsrc, is this file necessary ?.
Hmmm, everything looks fine, I can't imagine why you're having a
problem. What version of CVS is the server? (If your client is
reaso
Larry attachment is the CVS_CLIENT_LOG.in and CVS_CLIENT_LOG.out, I not have
configurated the ~/.cvsrc, is this file necessary ?.
Thanks for your help
Moises.
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones)
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moises Zanabria)
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re:
Moises Zanabria writes:
>
> thanks Larry, actually I tried to execute "cvs admin -kb" to change a file
> to binary, but I get the below error.
The code works correctly -- if you're getting that error, you must be
specifying some option in addition to -k. Did you
thanks Larry, actually I tried to execute "cvs admin -kb" to change a file
to binary, but I get the below error.
Moises
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones)
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moises Zanabria)
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: cvs admin -k ??
>Date: Thu, 2
Moises Zanabria writes:
>
> But if I try to use the "cvs admin -k" command on a file in the XXX
> repository,I get the error message:
>
> cvs [server aborted]: usage is restricted to members of the group cvsadmin
The special dispensation only applies if there are
Hi Guys:
According to the CVS manual:
"On unix, if there is a group named cvsadmin, only members of that group can
run cvs admin (except for the cvs admin -k command, which can be run by
anybody). This group should exist on the server, or any system running the
non-client/server CV
[ On Friday, September 14, 2001 at 12:59:58 (-0700), Josh Baudhuin wrote: ]
> Subject: Argh... cvs admin -b
>
> Argh... whenever you check something into the main trunk, after having
> marked the default branch, the default branch setting in the archive
> file gets lost.
I don&#
he RCS default branch for exactly one thing,
"cvs import". If you use it for anything else, you're on your
own.
The manual says (node "admin options"):
> There is one reason to run `cvs admin -b': to revert to the
> vendor's version when using vendor bra
Argh... whenever you check something into the main trunk, after having
marked the default branch, the default branch setting in the archive
file gets lost.
I.e., say you have a file with branch 13.9.2 and head revision 13.11.
cvs admin -bFOO foo.cpp
Now when you say
% cvs log -h
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 01:45:14PM -0700, Anita Chacko wrote:
> When I run cvs admin -l in my working directory in
> order to lock the whole repository,
That's not really what "cvs admin -l" is for. It puts an
RCS-level lock on each file, which isn't what's neede
Hi
When I run cvs admin -l in my working directory in
order to lock the whole repository,I am getting the
following message
cvs admin: Administrating CVSROOT
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
It has put cvs.core in CVSROOT in working directory
only.
Can anyone tell what this means?I see that cvs
>I have search the archives and I know that locking files has been
>brought up in the past. According to the manual, -l will lock the
>latest revision number. But, in the next paragraph it states that I
>need to use rcslock.pl to have a reserved checkout. I am confused on
>what exactly the -l
I have search the archives and I know that locking files has been
brought up in the past. According to the manual, -l will lock the
latest revision number. But, in the next paragraph it states that I
need to use rcslock.pl to have a reserved checkout. I am confused on
what exactly the -l option
Luna, Glen writes [about merging repositories]:
>
> Of course both repositories have a CVSROOT directory and each has a
> "history" and a "val-tags" file.
>
> On the beta machine (which is what we care aboutthe alpha machine holds
> code belonging
> a vendorCOTS to us), is it a simple ma
My question centers around the val-tags and history files in the CVSROOT
directory
Leading up to the question.
We have code in two cvs repositories on two separate unix machines:
alpha:/data/cvs
beta:/data/cvs
The alpha:/data/cvs repository has a root - bubba - we want to move to the
beta m
Why not just turn off permissions in the repository?
Noel
Hello !
I have a question regarding the 'cvs admin -l' - command.
If I try to lock a certain file and passing the command
a certain Branch-Tag, cvs doesn't lock, and gives the
following error-message:
RCS file: .
Hello !
I have a question regarding the 'cvs admin -l' - command.
If I try to lock a certain file and passing the command
a certain Branch-Tag, cvs doesn't lock, and gives the
following error-message:
RCS file: .../file.C,v
cvs admin: .../file.C,v: branch absent
cvs admin: ca
List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: Converting binary files to text (revisited) or (cvs admin -kkv
doesn't work)
> As I mentioned a few days ago, I am trying to convert what once were
binary
> files to text. Following what appeared to
As I mentioned a few days ago, I am trying to convert what once were binary
files to text. Following what appeared to be a good solution from this
mailing list, I tried the following:
cat /dev/null > filename.ext
cvs ci -m 'kb -> kv' filename.ext
cvs admin -kkv filename.ext
cop
Laine Stump writes:
>
> How long until the next official release?
Is the imortal words of HACKING:
* What is the schedule for the next release?
There isn't one. That is, upcoming releases are not announced (or
even hinted at, really) until the feature freeze which is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) writes:
> Laine Stump writes:
> >
> > Gee, it would be nice if cvs log also accepted the "::" notation...
>
> Your wish is my command -- I just checked in a change to do that.
Wow! Talk about service!
How long until the next official release? (in other words "S
Laine Stump writes:
>
> Gee, it would be nice if cvs log also accepted the "::" notation...
Your wish is my command -- I just checked in a change to do that.
-Larry Jones
I just can't identify with that kind of work ethic. -- Calvin
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) writes:
> Usage: cvs admin [options] files...
> ...
> -o range Delete (outdate) specified range of revisions:
>rev1::rev2 Between rev1 and rev2, excluding rev1 and rev2.
>rev:: After rev on
luis Gonzalez writes:
>
> Please, how is sintaxis admin,s command for delete version
cvs -H admin:
Usage: cvs admin [options] files...
...
-o range Delete (outdate) specified range of revisions:
rev1::rev2 Between rev1 and rev2, excluding rev1 an
Original Message
Asunto: cvs admin - delete version
Fecha: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:26:44 -0300
De: luis Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organización: Provencred
A: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all:
Please, how is sintaxis admin,s command for delete version
?
Tha
Hi all:
Please, how is sintaxis admin,s command for delete version
?
Thanks in advance .
(See attached file: luis.Gonzalez.vcf)
luis.Gonzalez.vcf
Has anyone already done a patch to remove 'cvs admin -l'? I have depreciated its use
so far in the NT code (it's now only available to system admins) that it really is time
it was removed completely... Rather than duplicate work I would rather apply an
existing
patch for this
CVS.
CVS will accept the option, but it won't actually set the
file's description.
> Additionally, I can't seem to get 'cvs admin -t' to work to change the
> description field.
When running client/server, the only form of admin -t that works is the
inline form:
It appears that 'cvs add -m "new file description message"' doesn't create
an entry in the desc field of the ,v file in the repository.
Additionally, I can't seem to get 'cvs admin -t' to work to change the
description field.
I've confirmed this wit
Hello:I'm new to CVS and am trying to accomplish
the following:
- tag the head/latest rev of every file in the
repo
- lock the tagged src while allowing developers
to con't coding on the main line
When
using the command "cvs admin -l tagname," developers are still a
I have been searching the WEB for CVS Administrator Training and only came
across one option: "CVS administration and management from GIOS"
(www.giosinc.com/Training/training.html). I found Karl Fogel's book (Open Source
Development with CVS) helpful but many setup issues remain obscure.
?Doe
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