Okay, I see things more clearly now. A meaningful message is usually a balance one: don't say too much, don't say too little.
I think we both said too little, and then jumped to conclusions because of it. My post was short honestly because I'm new not only to LEAF but to the CVS and I did not want to sound like an expert. Also because I didn't remember the error message. And also, because my understanding is sometimes fundamentally wrong. If I would have said more, there might have been a lot of "virtual" blank faces staring at me. :) I have been learning LEAF and ultimately, a lot more about Linux recently and I frequently run into documentation that is slightly off. But close enough to where you eventually get things working. Such was the case with with CVS and the build environment. It's possible that the documentation is correct however, but CVS has changed. Before the leaf website transformation there were lots of broken links. Also, the Bering documentation sometimes does not apply to Bering-uClibc, where it is implied that it does. So I am constantly suspicious of the docs. But I'm not complaining, only pointing out a possible culprit. If I would document the problems I run into I could probably help out more. But I'm really just using the product. I have two leaf boxes in production and more to come. -cpumemhd Martin Hejl wrote: > > cpu memhd wrote: > >> Excuse me. I can't help but notice a negative tone in your reply. Maybe >> I am mistaken. Please clarify: > > Maybe you're reading too much into the two lines that I wrote (apart from the output of the commands). The mail wasn't meant to be negative (but maybe it sounded negative because it wasn't more verbose). > >>>>> From the CVS help page: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.leaf-project.org/doc/guide/buc-buildtool.html >>>> >>>> This line didn't work for me: >>>> cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/leaf login >>> >>> >>> "didn't work for me" is pretty hard to debug for anyone but you. >> >> >> >> What is this supposed to mean? > > You say that a line from the docs "didn't work for you", and a couple of lines later you suggest that the docs need to be updated. But as long as we don't know what "didn't work for me" actually implied (what kind of errors did you get), nobody for whom it is working already would know what the docs might have to be changed to. > >> I wasn't trying to debug anything, or even imply that I was debugging. >> The command: "cvs -d >> :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/leaf login" did not >> work for me on the three or four occasions that I tried it. > > What happened after you entered that command? You may not be trying to debug anything, but if I'm supposed to update the docs, I'll surely have to. > >>>> Perhaps the docs need updating? >>> >>> >>> I doubt it, since it works just fine here: >>> (...) >> >> The fact that it works for you does not mean it will work for everyone >> else. > > Absolutely - but at the same time, the fact that it works for me and other people also suggests that the docs aren't plain wrong. And to be able to figure out how to change the docs, I'd need a little more info, to find something that works for everybody. > >> Something is causing a problem for at least two of us. I was able to >> overcome this problem. I thought I might be able to help. Apparently, >> my assistance did not measure up to your standards. Or if there is >> something inherently wrong in my reply, please let me know what the >> guidelines are for posting. > > I'm sure there are somewhere, but I didn't write them. I did write that part of the buildtool docs, and I would gladly update it, if you give me anything to work with. "Doesn't work for me" without anything else may well be a true statement (in your environment), but it doesn't help the ones who are responsible for keeping the docs up to date. > > Martin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
