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2001-06-22 Thread Srinivas S
Title: hello, i am new to this list. could anyone help me out for using CVS. i need to install a CVS server on a Linux machine and the client should be NT. i need the installation procedures, configuration details and downloads available for the Server Installation on Linux. i

help needed !

2001-06-22 Thread Srinivas S
Title: help needed ! hello, i am new to this list. could anyone help me out for using CVS. i need to install a CVS server on a Linux machine and the client should be NT. i need the installation procedures, configuration details and downloads available for the Server Installation on

RE: Concept question.

2001-06-22 Thread Helliwell, Matthew
How big are the projects and what are the build/release process for the shared files? If projects are relatively small and the sharing is fairly add-hoc then I'd go for a single project. However if you've got a separate release process for the shared files then you could go for separate

Re: some questions about cvs

2001-06-22 Thread Mike Pumford
I am new for CVS. I install a cvs1-11 for Win98 and I use it as command line client to connect to CVS server following the command below: cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/cvs/dav4j login the error message I got is below: (Logging in to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) CVS.EXE [login aborted]:

Find Files with a certain branch-tag

2001-06-22 Thread Schell Walter
Hello, in a large project of about 10.000 files only a few files are marked with a branch tag. Is it possible a) to get a list of those files? (for example 'cvs log -R -rbranch_xxx' shows all file names ) b) to get a mixed sandbox with all files from the main trunk and only the branched files

Re: CVS and AFS

2001-06-22 Thread Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]
Gerhard == Gerhard Sittig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gerhard On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 22:50 -0400, Charles Karney wrote: We use CVS in a mixed Windows and Linux environment. Recently we switched from accessing the CVS repository vis ssh to a Linux machine on which CVSROOT was a local disk

Deleting a directory

2001-06-22 Thread Horst Scheruga
When I use the remove command everthing within the directory gets removed, but the directory still exists. If I checkout the directory I get all the whole directory-tree with everything empty. So how can I remove a directory? Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards Horst Scheruga IT-Consultant

Re: (no subject)

2001-06-22 Thread Matthew Riechers
Srinivas S wrote: hello, i am new to this list. could anyone help me out for using CVS. i need to install a CVS server on a Linux machine and the client should be NT. i need the installation procedures, configuration details and downloads available for the Server Installation on

CVS Setup Help Needed

2001-06-22 Thread Matt Keyes
Hi! I'm running Slackware, I installed the latest CVS, and went through setting it up. I set up the port as per the docs, and configured inetd.conf with the following: cvs -f -allow-root=/cvsroot pserver /cvsroot is a partition I have that will be dedicated solely to cvs. However, its

Re: adding directories and files directly under /cvs

2001-06-22 Thread David Berry
Larry, I have made an observation that needs clarification. Since I was unable to add a new program to the cvs directory, as I showed in my previous email, I tried to import it. The cvs import command does indeed allow me to create a new project under cvs. When do I use the import command

version for novell of cvs ?

2001-06-22 Thread Luis Gonzalez
hi guru´s: Please, exist any version of CVS for S.O. novell netware ??. Thanks in advance Luis C. González Coordinador de Proyectos Desarrollo de Sistemas Provencred - Citigroup ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CVS and AFS

2001-06-22 Thread Todd Denniston
Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] wrote: Gerhard == Gerhard Sittig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gerhard On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 22:50 -0400, Charles Karney wrote: We use CVS in a mixed Windows and Linux environment. Recently we switched from accessing the CVS repository vis ssh to a

RE: Concept question

2001-06-22 Thread Delos Nash
The lead programmer today told me that he thinks he will have 25 different projects that will need hundreds of shared files between them. So my first ideals have gone out the window and I'm going to have to re-think what I'm going to do. Del Nash From: Helliwell, Matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Deleting a directory

2001-06-22 Thread Matthias Wiehl
Horst Scheruga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I use the remove command everthing within the directory gets removed, but the directory still exists. If I checkout the directory I get all the whole directory-tree with everything empty. In other words: everything is working as intended. Please

Re: adding directories and files directly under /cvs

2001-06-22 Thread Larry Jones
David Berry writes: When do I use the import command instead of the add command? You use add to add new files or directories within an existing, checked out, working directory. You use import to import a directory tree that is not part of a working directory directly into the repository.

Re: Deleting a directory

2001-06-22 Thread Larry Jones
Horst Scheruga writes: When I use the remove command everthing within the directory gets removed, but the directory still exists. If I checkout the directory I get all the whole directory-tree with everything empty. Use the -P option to checkout (and update) to remove empty directories.

Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

2001-06-22 Thread Larry Jones
Matt Keyes writes: I'm running Slackware, I installed the latest CVS, and went through setting it up. I set up the port as per the docs, and configured inetd.conf with the following: cvs -f -allow-root=/cvsroot pserver /cvsroot is a partition I have that will be dedicated solely

Re: CVS and AFS

2001-06-22 Thread Todd Denniston
Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] wrote: Todd == Todd Denniston [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SNIP Todd Telling CVS on each machine that it accessing the repository on Todd a physical (local) drive so that all lock files are being cached Todd in the local machines File System cache.

RE: adding directories and files directly under /cvs

2001-06-22 Thread Gianni Mariani
At a guess ... A) Naming a directory cvs is bad if you want it under CVS control. B) The error message indicates that you did not do a cvs init and hence the missing admin files. G -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Berry Sent:

RE: CVS and AFS

2001-06-22 Thread Ian Gilmour
-Original Message- From: Todd Denniston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 3:48 PM To: Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CVS and AFS Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] wrote: Gerhard == Gerhard Sittig [EMAIL

LOCKING ?

2001-06-22 Thread Alex Flores
Hi, Is there a way to lock the CVSROOT directory and its contents so that nobody may delete or modify these files? Thanks, Alex

branch tips?

2001-06-22 Thread Michael Schupp
i have been running a project as the cvs administrator, and i have run into some complexities in an environment i have branched. is there some resource out there that has a good description of ways to run concurrent development branches? the best one i have seen so far is:

RE: CVS Setup Help Needed

2001-06-22 Thread Matt Keyes
Here's more info (and yes, I'm somewhat lost here...): 1. I set $CVSROOT to be /cvsroot 2. I did initialize the repository, so there is a /cvsroot/CVSROOT directory (with all the subdirectories under it that are created) 3. I haven't tried it in local mode... 4. I've been trying to connect via

Re: LOCKING ?

2001-06-22 Thread Matthew Riechers
Alex Flores wrote: Hi, Is there a way to lock the CVSROOT directory and its contents so that nobody may delete or modify these files? Thanks, Alex I assume you mean $CVSROOT/CVSROOT? Just change the permissions on that directory to reflect your access policy. -Matt

Re: branch tips?

2001-06-22 Thread Matthew Riechers
Michael Schupp wrote: i have been running a project as the cvs administrator, and i have run into some complexities in an environment i have branched. is there some resource out there that has a good description of ways to run concurrent development branches? the best one i have seen

Re: LOCKING ?

2001-06-22 Thread Daniel Beckham
The best way to do it IMHO is to create a seperate cvs group and change the permissions of the CVSROOT directory and its's files so that they are only rwx root.cvs. Then whenever someone needs to have access, just add them to the cvs group. Or add whoever is the cvs maintainer to that group

RE: branch tips?

2001-06-22 Thread Manish Singhvi
Hello, Brad Appletons site is excellent as well. http://www.enteract.com/~bradapp/acme/branching/ Manish -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matthew Riechers Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: branch

Finding out which tag/branch is in in the working dir

2001-06-22 Thread McCann, Brian
Hi, The only way I've been able to confirm which tag or branch I have in my working directory is by opening a cvs directory and looking at the tag file. Is there a cvs command which will give this same info? Thanks, Brian ___ Info-cvs mailing list

Re: CVS and AFS

2001-06-22 Thread Larry Jones
Todd Denniston writes: Telling CVS on each machine that it accessing the repository on a physical (local) drive so that all lock files are being cached in the local machines File System cache. However the case is that the lock files are being cached locally, network latency added, and

Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

2001-06-22 Thread Larry Jones
Matt Keyes writes: 1. I set $CVSROOT to be /cvsroot That's not correct if you want to use pserver. You should set it to something like: :pserver:user@host:/cvsroot 2. I did initialize the repository, so there is a /cvsroot/CVSROOT directory (with all the subdirectories under it

training

2001-06-22 Thread Kittel, John
Hi, Can anyone recommend a third party consulting company to provide on-site CVS training for our organization? We are located in Spokane, Washington, and would have about 14 people attending. Thanks, John ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

problem with cvs 1.11 and linux 7.1

2001-06-22 Thread Alexandre Gillet
Hi, I have my repository set up on a red hat Linux7.1 system. When I try to checkout a module I got the following error: cvs checkout: Updating Pm cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot open current directory: Value too large for defined data type Any help welcome. Thanks --

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2001-06-22 Thread Schroder, Bart R
Hello, I have a quick question. I understand that the CVS code repository software is free for individual non-commercial development, but is it free if a large multinational corporation uses it for commercial development? Thanks, Bart Schroder ___

Re: problem with cvs 1.11 and linux 7.1

2001-06-22 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:50:35AM -0700, Alexandre Gillet wrote: I have my repository set up on a red hat Linux7.1 system. When I try to checkout a module I got the following error: cvs checkout: Updating Pm cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot open current directory: Value too large for

Is CVS free for commercial development?

2001-06-22 Thread Schroder, Bart R
Hello, I have a quick question. I understand that the CVS code repository software is free for individual non-commercial development, but is it free if a large multinational corporation uses it for commercial development? Thanks, Bart Schroder Bart Schroder ALLTEL Lincoln Solutions Center

Re: (no subject)

2001-06-22 Thread Matthew Riechers
Schroder, Bart R wrote: Hello, I have a quick question. I understand that the CVS code repository software is free for individual non-commercial development, but is it free if a large multinational corporation uses it for commercial development? Thanks, Bart Schroder CVS is

Re: Finding out which tag/branch is in in the working dir

2001-06-22 Thread Larry Jones
McCann, Brian writes: The only way I've been able to confirm which tag or branch I have in my working directory is by opening a cvs directory and looking at the tag file. Is there a cvs command which will give this same info? There isn't necessarily *a* tag or branch -- it could be

RE: CVS Setup Help Needed

2001-06-22 Thread Matt Keyes
Then how did you initialize the repository? :-) cvs -d /cvsroot init I suspect my main problem is with the $CVSROOT. Does the user in :pserver:user@host:/cvsroot need to be each username that will access the system? My /etc/services: cvspserver 2401/tcp My inetd.conf reads this: cvspserver

Re: (no subject)

2001-06-22 Thread Larry Jones
Schroder, Bart R writes: I understand that the CVS code repository software is free for individual non-commercial development, but is it free if a large multinational corporation uses it for commercial development? Yes. -Larry Jones You're just trying to get RID of me, aren't you? --

Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

2001-06-22 Thread Larry Jones
Matt Keyes writes: Then how did you initialize the repository? :-) cvs -d /cvsroot init Then you used CVS in local mode. That's why the smiley. I suspect my main problem is with the $CVSROOT. Does the user in :pserver:user@host:/cvsroot need to be each username that will access the

CHECKOUT HISTORY AND CURRENT CHECKOUTS

2001-06-22 Thread Alex Flores
Hi, Is there a way to look at the checkout history of certain files? Is there a way to view who currently has a file checked out? Thanks, Alex

NFS vs pserver: update problem

2001-06-22 Thread Malcolm Fernandes
Hi, cvs-1.11.1p1 on the Solaris platform. A user tried to update a directory as follows (via pserver): % cvs up ./ and gets a message: ? .depend cvs-1.11.1p1 server: Updating ./ cvs-1.11.1p1 server: .//Makefile is no longer in the repository All the files are removed from that

RE: CHECKOUT HISTORY AND CURRENT CHECKOUTS

2001-06-22 Thread Kostur, Andre
Well, I guess the answer is maybe. If you have the history file being used on your repository, you could probably look through that to see who's checked out a file. But then again, checking out a file doesn't mean anything. They may have checked out a file, and then deleted it localally,

Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

2001-06-22 Thread Schwenk, Jeanie
I need more information to really be able to help but I'll give it a good shot. Did you do a cvs init? Verify that cvs commands work from the node where cvs is installed? The inetd.conf doesn't look correct. Mine looks like this: cvs stream tcp nowait root /opt/cvs/bin/cvs cvs -f

HELP! I've shot myself in the foot!

2001-06-22 Thread Schwenk, Jeanie
Seriously though, I've been trying to purposely break things before the engineers get free reign cause they will break it. Ahem, I did a cntl-c while a very large commit was executing. I know what the problem is, it can't get a lock. Now the doc says to removethe files that start with

RE: HELP! I've shot myself in the foot!

2001-06-22 Thread Greg Annett
Hi, this is something you will want to be careful with! MAKE SURE the process is not still running... In the info below you have the machine name, pilot, and the process id, 25274, which may be used to verify. Since you used cntl-c it most likely true that the process is not still running and

RE: HELP! I've shot myself in the foot!

2001-06-22 Thread Schwenk, Jeanie
Greg, Thank you. Yes, these things do happen. And I did it on purpose realizing it would cause the lock. One of those things you know but don't really think it through until it's too late. Kind of like the first time I did an rm -R * and I was in the wrong directory when I did it. Better

Kerberized windows CVS client

2001-06-22 Thread mdos
Hello: I've got a need to connect to a cvs repository which is utilizing the gssapi via kerberos 5. This client happens to be on a windows 2000 machine. Is there some documentation available or, better yet, a binary available? Thank you, Marc Dostie [EMAIL PROTECTED]