Re: [lazarus] repository issues

2008-01-16 Thread Damien Gerard
On Jan 16, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 16/01/2008, Damien Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm connecting from South Africa, if that's of any help. So far ?! It doesn't feel that far really. :-) From France a little :) Send a postcard ! :p -- Damien Gerard [EMA

Re: [lazarus] repository issues

2008-01-16 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 16/01/2008, Damien Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm connecting from South Africa, if that's of any help. > > So far ?! It doesn't feel that far really. :-) Regards, - Graeme - ___ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolki

Re: [lazarus] repository issues

2008-01-16 Thread Giuliano Colla
Graeme Geldenhuys ha scritto: Hi, Anybody got issues with the Lazarus repository? This is the error I get: [...] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:lazarus$ svn up svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/svn/lazarus/trunk' svn: PROPFIND of '/svn/lazarus/trunk': 405 Method Not Allowed (http://www.freepascal.org) -

Re: [lazarus] repository issues

2008-01-16 Thread Damien Gerard
On Jan 16, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi, Anybody got issues with the Lazarus repository? This is the error I get: - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:lazarus$ svn info Path: . URL: http://www.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk Repository

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-13 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:07:52 +0200 "George Birbilis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO it is a good idea to provide a simple way/batch file to > > build lazarus. But IMHO it is a bad idea to put several > > batches/scripts for each platform into the main directory. > > It would be better to add a

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-13 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:12:29 +0200 "George Birbilis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, > > I'll make a .bat to set the FPC_PATH and FPC_BIN_PATH env vars and > several .bat for each of that stuff that "call" the first .bat that > sets the FPC path - so that you edit the paths only in one place

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-13 Thread George Birbilis
Thanks, I'll make a .bat to set the FPC_PATH and FPC_BIN_PATH env vars and several .bat for each of that stuff that "call" the first .bat that sets the FPC path - so that you edit the paths only in one place (although I'd like it better if FPC installer was setting these env vars globally - a rela

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-13 Thread George Birbilis
> IMO it is a good idea to provide a simple way/batch file to > build lazarus. But IMHO it is a bad idea to put several > batches/scripts for each platform into the main directory. > It would be better to add a INSTALL.txt, describing the most > common build commands for every platform and pointing

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-12 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:41:10 +0200 "George Birbilis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact it should be > > Set path=%fpcmakepath%;%path% > > So that the %fpcmakepath% takes precedence (the leftmost ones are > checked first), in case other MAKE are in the path from MS or Borland > or other tools

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-12 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:00:30 +0200 "George Birbilis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no singleton IDE option. Why would you want to have this ? > > How will you debug lazarus with itself, in such a case ? > > It is cause I use Windows Explorer (many people use that for > organizing projec

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-12 Thread Vincent Snijders
George Birbilis schreef: Once a file exists, SVN only get the difference on each update, to minimize network traffic. Only the first checkout is a complete copy of each file. I suppose it downloads the "real" file, then copies to the .svn folder, not get it twice Or downloads the real file i

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-12 Thread George Birbilis
> Once a file exists, SVN only get the difference on each > update, to minimize network traffic. Only the first checkout > is a complete copy of each file. I suppose it downloads the "real" file, then copies to the .svn folder, not get it twice _ avast! Antivirus

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-12 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 12/12/06, George Birbilis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: parts of each file etc. However having all those copies at each client is extra safety I suppose in case of disaster... I find that a very useful feature as well! Btw, I guess SVN doesn't download the files at the .svn folder, but create

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-12 Thread George Birbilis
> > > Nonsense. The .svn folders contain a whole copy of the files. > > > > ??? Strange, I'd expect them to contain signatures (MD5 or > something) > > and get the whole copy from the server when needed to diff > (after all > > the files [each one separately] aren't huge) > > SVN does keep a copy i

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 12/11/06, George Birbilis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nonsense. The .svn folders contain a whole copy of the files. ??? Strange, I'd expect them to contain signatures (MD5 or something) and get the whole copy from the server when needed to diff (after all the files [each one separately] aren

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread George Birbilis
> There is no singleton IDE option. Why would you want to have this ? > How will you debug lazarus with itself, in such a case ? It is cause I use Windows Explorer (many people use that for organizing project files) to open files in the IDE and with Lazarus I get a new IDE running each time The d

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, George Birbilis wrote: > > 1) Can you please add the following batch file to the Laz > > source distro? > > Also, what is lazarus.exe and what startlazarus.exe? (big size difference). > Why are there two? > If it's for making a singleton process and starting the small one f

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread George Birbilis
> 1) Can you please add the following batch file to the Laz > source distro? Also, what is lazarus.exe and what startlazarus.exe? (big size difference). Why are there two? If it's for making a singleton process and starting the small one first, then closing if large one is running it's not needed,

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread George Birbilis
In fact it should be Set path=%fpcmakepath%;%path% So that the %fpcmakepath% takes precedence (the leftmost ones are checked first), in case other MAKE are in the path from MS or Borland or other tools 1) Can you please add the following batch file to the Laz source distro? Please name it either

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread George Birbilis
> But it doesn't seem to be extremely hard to build something like : > - the Lazarus tree is put on a ftp server > - inside the tree there is a file containing (for axemple) the list of >files and their md5 checksums > - when a user clicks "Update Lazarus" , the program downloads > the list of

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread George Birbilis
> Downloading subversion Lazarus consists of typing 1 > expression on the command prompt. This expression can be > copied from the Wiki. > > Compiling the downloaded svn consists of typing: make clean all > > I don´t really think it´s a lot of instructions. The wiki > instructions " Using SVN -Usin

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread George Birbilis
> > Regarding size, we could have a clever > autodownloader/installer that > > reads a config/instructions file online from Laz site and grabs the > > correct FPC archive from FPC site, unpacks it etc., same with Laz > > files and places them were needed > > Yes, please implement this. I cannot wai

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread George Birbilis
> Somebody not patient enough to walk through the setup won't > fix anything anyways. Well, I've fixed the unihighlighter (had posted the fix to the list, but never found the time to setup and then diff etc. [was too busy - now trying to make some time to send the diff, have installed laz, fpc, th

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread Al Boldi
Adrian Maier wrote: > On 12/11/06, Vincent Snijders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > George Birbilis schreef: > > >> All this is possible, but IMHO it is nonsense to put effort > > >> into creating such a snapshot. > > >> > > >> I think there is some intelligence test, test if people > > >> persevere

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread Adrian Maier
On 12/11/06, Vincent Snijders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: George Birbilis schreef: >> All this is possible, but IMHO it is nonsense to put effort >> into creating such a snapshot. >> >> I think there is some intelligence test, test if people >> persevere enough. If a person cannot find the link to

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 12/11/06, George Birbilis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can't say I agree, people with experience and skills don't have the time to spend reading all those instructions etc. Downloading subversion Lazarus consists of typing 1 expression on the command prompt. This expression can be copied fro

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread Vincent Snijders
George Birbilis schreef: All this is possible, but IMHO it is nonsense to put effort into creating such a snapshot. I think there is some intelligence test, test if people persevere enough. If a person cannot find the link to getting the sources from the home page and follow those instructions t

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread Florian Klaempfl
George Birbilis schrieb: >> All this is possible, but IMHO it is nonsense to put effort >> into creating such a snapshot. >> >> I think there is some intelligence test, test if people >> persevere enough. If a person cannot find the link to getting >> the sources from the home page and follow those

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-11 Thread George Birbilis
> All this is possible, but IMHO it is nonsense to put effort > into creating such a snapshot. > > I think there is some intelligence test, test if people > persevere enough. If a person cannot find the link to getting > the sources from the home page and follow those instructions > to get a svn ch

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-09 Thread Vincent Snijders
George Birbilis schreef: We have almost this. We call this snapshots: http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ They come with latest lazarus source + lazarus compiled + free pascal in either 2.0.4 or 2.1.1 versions. The only difference from what you asked is that they cannot be updated via subv

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-09 Thread George Birbilis
> >> We have almost this. We call this snapshots: > >> > >> http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ > >> > >> They come with latest lazarus source + lazarus compiled + > free pascal > >> in either 2.0.4 or 2.1.1 versions. > >> > >> The only difference from what you asked is that they cannot be > >> u

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-08 Thread George Birbilis
> > As well as VM a live linux CD is a pretty good idea as > well, can this > > be done from the same image? > > I've got no idea what is involved in creating a Live CD. Knoppix has such I think, maybe it's easy to add/remove stuff to it Think it's at www.knoppix.org (try also with one "p") -

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-08 Thread Al Boldi
Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Kris Leech wrote: > > PS. How come we can reply to the Lazarus mailing list using email, but > > not the FPC mailing list... Are they on different systems? > > They are. > But why wouldn't you be able to reply to the FPC mailing list using email > ?

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-08 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 12/8/06, Kris Leech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm considering creating a VMWare image as well. It will be > completely setup with icons on the desktop., updateable via svn, > etc... Contain the latest stable release of FPC and a 2.1.1 version. > I currently have this done with Windows 2000

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-08 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Kris Leech wrote: > Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > > > On 12/1/06, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > We have almost this. We call this snapshots: > > > > > > http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ > > > > > > They come with latest lazarus source

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-08 Thread Kris Leech
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 12/1/06, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We have almost this. We call this snapshots: http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ They come with latest lazarus source + lazarus compiled + free pascal in either 2.0.4 or 2.1.1 versions. The only di

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-01 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 12/1/06, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We have almost this. We call this snapshots: http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ They come with latest lazarus source + lazarus compiled + free pascal in either 2.0.4 or 2.1.1 versions. The only difference from what you asked

Re: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-01 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 12/1/06, George Birbilis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there some way to get the source of lazarus from the repository together with the free pascal compiler etc. and be able to build the IDE right after that and run it? I mean just check-in one single thing, not read instructions and find fpc

RE: [lazarus] repository

2006-12-01 Thread George Birbilis
At http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/Getting_Lazarus it says: -- Installing the compiler Jouke: If you are starting from scratch with the above, you won't have the FPC compiler installed. In other words the compiler is not included in the Lazarus SVN. It is possible to use a

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-04 Thread A.J. Venter
> >>> > >>> Our german FTP machine was compromised recently (that is why the wiki > >>> is down). The main server has also been compromised some time ago. > >>> Since then, I am reluctant to open too much ports. > >>> > >>> In reality, the problem is with your ISP, namely that they don't > >>> see

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the HTTP protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi Michael That seems to have done the trick!! I just tested it from home and it is now busy checking out the Lazarus repository, which it couldn't before on port 80. Monday I will test it from work as well, which is where I use it most. So far so good. Thanks! Regards, - Graeme - On 3/3/

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the HTTP protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi Michael That seems to have done the trick!! I just tested it from home and it is now busy checking out the Lazarus repository, which it couldn't before on port 80. Monday I will test it from work as well, which is where I use it most. So far so good. Thanks! Regards, - Graeme - On 3/

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 3/3/06, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some mails on the FPC core list made clear that this option is not > feasible, because we don't allow password logins on the FPC machines. > > The topic is still under consideration. Thanks for the feedback, awaiting the final answer...

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Vincent Snijders wrote: Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi Michael, I see the SmartSVN client I sometimes use, has SSH support built-in (it says SVN+SSH for connection type), so could try that The ssh part requires a username and password though. I use putty to setup the

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Vincent Snijders
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi Michael, I see the SmartSVN client I sometimes use, has SSH support built-in (it says SVN+SSH for connection type), so could try that The ssh part requires a username and password though. I use putty to setup the connection. After that I configure svn so that

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi Michael, I see the SmartSVN client I sometimes use, has SSH support built-in (it says SVN+SSH for connection type), so could try that The ssh part requires a username and password though. Regards, - Graeme - On 3/3/06, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only SSH cl

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Marc Weustink
Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Marc Weustink wrote: Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi Michael, The only SSH client I have used is Putty (for Windows) to maintain our internal Linux server. What would such a setup involve? I do

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
> What about letting apache listening to a second port ? I got no idea what my ISP has change, and asking them was a useless exercise! The only thing I could test on my own, was being able to connect successfully to all attempted connection via the SVN protocol. At this stage I am willing to tes

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Marc Weustink wrote: Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi Michael, The only SSH client I have used is Putty (for Windows) to maintain our internal Linux server. What would such a setup involve? I don't know, because I don't know

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote: Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Our german FTP machine was compromised recently (that is why the wiki Let's be fair. The above is not confirmed, it may also have been a DOS attack. True, but the result is the same: the machine is unusable, and a lot

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Marc Weustink
Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi Michael, The only SSH client I have used is Putty (for Windows) to maintain our internal Linux server. What would such a setup involve? I don't know, because I don't know what ssh client you use. What is the secur

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Micha Nelissen
Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Our german FTP machine was compromised recently (that is why the wiki Let's be fair. The above is not confirmed, it may also have been a DOS attack. is down). The main server has also been compromised some time ago. That was simply an easy to guess password mist

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi Michael, The only SSH client I have used is Putty (for Windows) to maintain our internal Linux server. What would such a setup involve? I don't know, because I don't know what ssh client you use. What is the security risk connecting via pla

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi Michael, The only SSH client I have used is Putty (for Windows) to maintain our internal Linux server. What would such a setup involve? What is the security risk connecting via plain SVN with anonymous access? I have only ever had anonymous access to Lazarus and FPC, and always submitted pat

Re: [lazarus] Repository access via the SVN protocol

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi, Would whoever is running the Free Pascal / Lazarus repository consider enabling the SVN protocol as well. Currently only the HTTP protocol is enabled. (example: GCC has both protocols enabled at svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/ or via http://gcc.gnu.or