Re: CVS import for executables and binary files

2005-04-18 Thread Spiro Trikaliotis
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

2005-04-18 Thread Russ Sherk
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

2005-04-18 Thread Jim.Hyslop
[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

2005-04-18 Thread Anthony
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

2005-04-18 Thread Russ Sherk
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

2005-04-18 Thread Larry Jones
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

2005-04-18 Thread Michaelis, Daniel
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?

2005-04-18 Thread Christopher.Fouts
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

2005-04-18 Thread Michaelis, Daniel
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

2005-04-18 Thread Derek Price
-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?

2005-04-18 Thread Christopher.Fouts
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

2005-04-18 Thread Todd Denniston
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

2005-04-18 Thread Michaelis, Daniel
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?

2005-04-18 Thread Jim.Hyslop
[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 *

2005-04-18 Thread Derek Price
-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 *

2005-04-18 Thread Derek Price
-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?

2005-04-18 Thread Jim.Hyslop
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?

2005-04-18 Thread mgrd
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!)

2005-04-18 Thread Arthur Barrett
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

2005-04-18 Thread Todd Denniston
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

2005-04-18 Thread SUBRAMANIAN, SARAVANAN \(SBCSI\)
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

2005-04-18 Thread Rahul
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