Re: Newbie question

Just looking at the two mailing list - cvsnt and info-cvs I can see lot more people in distressed about CVSNT stability. And I am biased against Windows as a stable platform compared to Linux. Many of the 3rd party/commercial tools are better supported on CVS than CVSNT imho. Peformance wise

Re: Newbie question

Madhavi Thottempudi wrote: > > Hello everyone! > I am trying to install CVS. Before starting I want to check few things and > hopefully U guys have answers. My questions are: > > 1. CVS (linux) vs CVSNT (windows) - Which one is better performance wise, > stability and reliability wise? As I haven

Newbie question

Hello everyone! I am trying to install CVS. Before starting I want to check few things and hopefully U guys have answers. My questions are: 1. CVS (linux) vs CVSNT (windows) - Which one is better performance wise, stability and reliability wise? As I haven't started the project yet, I can go eithe

newbie question

Hi, I used wincvs to update the opencv source on my winndows machine. Wincvs exited with code 0 , success.While the cvs was checking for now new updates...it displayed cvs checkout: Updating opencv/cv/src But when i checked the files in the folder they are the same. What wrong am i doing.

RE: newbie question : regarding installation

/support.cvsnt or http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt Regards,   Arthur Barrett   -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael EchavezSent: Monday, 6 June 2005 1:38 AMTo: cvsSubject: newbie question : regarding

RE: newbie question : regarding installation

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newbie question : regarding installation

Hi everyone, Greetings! I was thinking of using cvs for one of my projects. And i was wondering if any of you got an advice as to how i would install cvs for windows xp. There's a lot of web sites that recommend different approaches in doing so. Since most of them differ in the software (i.e., cvsn

newbie question: issues with gserver method

Hi, I have configured CVS with gssapi and am using gserver connection method to access the server. I have an empty passwd file in CVSROOT and set systemauth=no in config file to ensure kerberos auth is used. I am able to connect to server with kerberos tickets and check out and checkin code. Ho

Re: RV: Newbie question. How to manage replaced files

Spiro: Unified diff format will not solve the posters problem of safely committing arbitrary files. It will also create more work. As Pierre stated, Nestor should implement tighter guidelines for obtaining and submitting sources. This can be difficult if dealing with 3rdparty dev-co's (or intern

Re: RV: Newbie question. How to manage replaced files

Hello, * On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 09:47:30PM + Pierre Asselin wrote: > If you can't determine the revision or tag from which to branch, you > probably need to tighten your controls a little... Another possiblity is to tell all your external contributors to send in only patches, never the com

Re: RV: Newbie question. How to manage replaced files

N?stor Bosc?n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been using CVS for some time and have encounter problems when > somebody gives me a file that I have to replaced in my CVS sandbox. This > always happens because sometimes I have people outside the organization and > they send new versions of fi

RV: Newbie question. How to manage replaced files

Hi   I have been using CVS for some time and have encounter problems when somebody gives me a file that I have to replaced in my CVS sandbox. This always happens because sometimes I have people outside the organization and they send new versions of files that I have to replace in the sandbox

Re: newbie question on initializing repository

--- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 17:17:10 -0400 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: newbie question on initializing repository To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In this case, I'd import a blank project, and then use "cvs add" in a script to add the files, using the

Re: newbie question: CVS server upgrade

Alex v.Below writes: > > Download the latest source, unpack it, cd into the directory: > > ./configure > make > su > make install cvs init It hasn't been strictly required so far, but it's a good idea. It gives the new CVS a chance to update the existing repository should the format change, ad

Re: newbie question: CVS server upgrade

Download the latest source, unpack it, cd into the directory: ./configure make su make install (Some systems allow sudo make install) HTH Alex Am 10.06.2004 um 12:16 schrieb mark hanna: Hello everyone, I am reasonably new to CVS and am looking for some tips/handy hints for upgrading the CVS serv

newbie question: CVS server upgrade

Hello everyone, I am reasonably new to CVS and am looking for some tips/handy hints for upgrading the CVS server. can anybody give me any help or advice please ? my OS is : SunOS xultra1 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2System = SunOS Node = xultra1 Release = 5.8 Thanks in adv

Re: newbie question on initializing repository

Hello, * On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 05:34:02PM -0400 Larry Jones wrote: > > However, I now believe its not that simple, as the binary > > files(only) must be initialized with the -kb option. Is that > > correct? If so, any suggestions on the simplest/easiest to go about > > this? > > If you can di

Re: newbie question on initializing repository

Bret A Cooper writes: > > My original plan was to run the cvs init command from the topmost > directory and be done. I think you mean cvs import -- init just creates a repository, it does not populate it with user files. > However, > I now believe its not that simple, as the binary files(only)

RE: newbie question on initializing repository

IL PROTECTED]Subject: newbie question on initializing repositoryHello, This is a first time user question. We have collected all of our source files within a directory structure and are ready to initialize the cvs repository.  There are a couple thousand files.  Roughly 20% are binary t

newbie question on initializing repository

Hello, This is a first time user question. We have collected all of our source files within a directory structure and are ready to initialize the cvs repository.  There are a couple thousand files.  Roughly 20% are binary type files and are scattered around throughout various directories. My or

Re: ignored 'core' directory (was: A newbie question.)

Spiro Trikaliotis writes: > > I don't think this is enough. There are circumstances where one wants to > import files named core, or files named .old, .bak or the like. That's what -I! is for. > The best thing is to document it in a way the user can find it easily - > that's why I want this link

RE: ignored 'core' directory (was: A newbie question.)

Frederic Brehm wrote: > At 09:43 AM 5/10/2004, Jim.Hyslop wrote: > >I wonder if this could be solved by modifying the behaviour > of .cvsignore - > >if we could tell CVS to ignore *files* named 'core' but not > *directories* > >named 'core', then the problem would go away altogether. > > We stil

Re: ignored 'core' directory (was: A newbie question.)

Hello Jim, * On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 09:43:09AM -0400 Jim.Hyslop wrote: > Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: > > To the maintainer(s) of the manual: Wouldn't it be good to add a > > hint to > > > > http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.15/cvs_13.html#SEC104 > > > > as this really seems to be a FAQ,

RE: ignored 'core' directory (was: A newbie question.)

At 09:43 AM 5/10/2004, Jim.Hyslop wrote: I wonder if this could be solved by modifying the behaviour of .cvsignore - if we could tell CVS to ignore *files* named 'core' but not *directories* named 'core', then the problem would go away altogether. We still need a way to ignore directories, though.

RE: ignored 'core' directory (was: A newbie question.)

Such as core for files and core/ for directories? -Allan -Original Message- From: Jim.Hyslop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ignored 'core' directory (was: A newbie question.) Spiro Trikali

RE: ignored 'core' directory (was: A newbie question.)

Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: > To the maintainer(s) of the manual: Wouldn't it be good to > add a hint to > > http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.15/cvs_13.html#SEC104 > > as this really seems to be a FAQ, and it is not easily found > if someone > does not read the *entire* Cederqvist. I wo

Re: A newbie question.

Hello, * On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 06:37:15PM +0800 du allen wrote: > When I tried to import the kernel source tree, some files were lost. > For example I couldn't find the subdirectory of linux-2.6.0/sound/core > in the repository. [...] > I searched the archives but found no answer. But it

A newbie question.

Hi there, I am using cvs in red hat 9.0. It worked pretty well for my application project. But when I tried to use it to manage my linux kernel source tree,it went wrong. When I tried to import the kernel source tree, some files were lost. For example I couldn't find the subdirectory of linux-2

Re: Newbie question: commit

Thanks Derek. Luis. Mensaje citado por Derek Robert Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I didn't think so, but since it was brought up I thought it best to > point it out in case you didn't know. :) > > Derek > > Luis Mariano Luporini wrote: > > > De

Re: Newbie question: commit

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I didn't think so, but since it was brought up I thought it best to point it out in case you didn't know. :) Derek Luis Mariano Luporini wrote: > Derek: > You're totally right but anyway it was not the point of the discussion. > > Regards, >

Re: Newbie question: commit

Derek: You're totally right but anyway it was not the point of the discussion. Regards, Luis. Derek Robert Price wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim.Hyslop wrote: Or, is it possible to configure a .php file to take the password from an environment variable?

Re: Newbie question: commit

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim.Hyslop wrote: >Or, is it possible to configure a .php file to take the password from an >environment variable? I haven't been following this whole discussion, but storing passwords in environment variables is generally a Bad Thing (TM). Some sy

RE: Newbie question: commit

Derek Robert Price wrote: > Jim.Hyslop wrote: > > >Or, is it possible to configure a .php file to take the > password from an > >environment variable? > > > I haven't been following this whole discussion, but storing passwords > in environment variables is generally a Bad Thing (TM). Yes, of c

RE: Newbie question: commit

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The problem i'm facing is that custom_config.php file > contains generic > config values that needs to be modified by every > developer/user to get the > software working, but I don't want that nobody updates the > repository with a > custom user/passwd pair, for e

Re: Newbie question: commit

Jim, I think this way a can handle my problem. As I told Spiro, I remember co'ing sources from different software where I found a config directory with files ending with ".dist" names and i suppose what you say explained it. It's posible to customize a php script from env variables but I prefer

Re: Newbie question: commit

I like that. Now I remember co'ing sources from different software where I found a config directory with files ending with ".dist" names. I suppose what you say explained it. Great thanks Spiro! Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: Hello, * On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 02:40:03AM -0300 [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Newbie question: commit

Hello, * On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 02:40:03AM -0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The problem i'm facing is that custom_config.php file contains generic > config values that needs to be modified by every developer/user to get the > software working, but I don't want that nobody updates the reposi

RE: Newbie question: commit

Conrad, I'm really pleased with your help on this. I'll try to figure out how to handle this in my project (I thought it was a common situation when dealing with development controled by CVS). Thanks ones again. Luis. Mensaje citado por "Conrad T. Pino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Luis, > > > I

RE: Newbie question: commit

Hi Luis, > I'm looking for something like .cvsignore > (http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.14/cvs_18.html#SEC176) that > applies to commits. Is there a way to define something like .cvscommitignore > containing a line per file/dir (for example custom_config.php) that gets read > every ti

RE: Newbie question: commit

Ok. but using I think it doesn't work to prevent a commit on certain file of the working copy based on an explicity "rule" set locally. I'm looking for something like .cvsignore (http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.14/cvs_18.html#SEC176) that applies to commits. Is there a way to define s

RE: Newbie question: commit

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I think this could be implemented commiting just the desired files without > recursion but I wonder if there's something like the file .cvsignore that > applies to updates and checkouts but not to commits. Look at "modules" with "program opt

RE: Newbie question: commit

Thanks Conrad! I think I could implement a script that checks for restricated file names in the commit being issued and returns a non-zero in some cases. But what about this scenario: 1. Server must accept all changes from developers that commit changed files 2. Developers should take care of wha

RE: Newbie question: commit

> My question is: is there a way to prevent a file/directory from being > commited when someone does a "project wide" commit? http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.14/cvs_18.html#SEC165 > Thanks in advance. You're welcome. > Luis. Conrad ___

Newbie question: commit

I'm trying to get my development project in php/javascript into cvs. My project has this directory structure: / somefile.html otherfile.php /modules files.* /doc files.* /someotherdir otherfiles.* /config custom_config.php Th

newbie question

I am a new user of CVS. I setup CVS server on my linux box. I want two users to have check-in access to my repository and i want to use SSH. To use SSH i need to make shell accounts for those two users. Now because these two users have shell account and have write access to my repository, they c

Re: newbie question regarding "cvs init"

"Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >i'm aware from the docs that the standard practice is to create an >empty new CVS repository, and populate it from there with "cvs >import". however, is it feasible (or just plain bad practice) to >create a new repository over top of an existing dir

Re: newbie question regarding "cvs init"

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i'm aware from the docs that the standard practice is to create an empty > new CVS repository, and populate it from there with "cvs import". That is one of many methods that people use to populate re

newbie question regarding "cvs init"

hard to believe but i have a question regarding creating a new repository with "cvs init". i'm aware from the docs that the standard practice is to create an empty new CVS repository, and populate it from there with "cvs import". however, is it feasible (or just plain bad practice) to creat

Re: Newbie question

Xicheng Jia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > May anyone tell me how to checkout just one file from lots > of files with the same revision number. say: I want to checkout > a file named "run.c" from the module, but there are many other > files in the same module(also in the same directory, and with th

Newbie question

May anyone tell me how to checkout just one file from lots of files with the same revision number. say: I want to checkout a file named "run.c" from the module, but there are many other files in the same module(also in the same directory, and with the same revision). Also, how to checkout files w

Re: WinCVS installation problem (newbie question)

talling Cygwin "just" for ssh might be a bit of an overkill. Steph. - Original Message - From: "Mike Ayers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Gagnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 10:41 PM Subject: Re:

Re: WinCVS installation problem (newbie question)

David Gagnon wrote: Hello, I am new to CVS and I try to install WinCVS on a PC. The server is an OSX machine and it is working perfectly with MacCVS Pro client. But, on the PC, it seem that the ssh connection is impossible with the server. For example, when I try to do a simple "check-out"

RE: WinCVS installation problem (newbie question)

PROTECTED] Subject: WinCVS installation problem (newbie question) Hello, I am new to CVS and I try to install WinCVS on a PC. The server is an OSX machine and it is working perfectly with MacCVS Pro client. But, on the PC, it seem that the ssh connection is impossible with the server. For example, whe

WinCVS installation problem (newbie question)

Hello, I am new to CVS and I try to install WinCVS on a PC. The server is an OSX machine and it is working perfectly with MacCVS Pro client. But, on the PC, it seem that the ssh connection is impossible with the server. For example, when I try to do a simple "check-out" command, I obtain t

Re: Newbie question re: ssh

[ On Tuesday, November 19, 2002 at 08:25:45 (-0500), Robert Koster wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Newbie question re: ssh > > So, one of the "pros" of this approach is that it is more secure than > the :pserver method, because the passwords are being transmitted over > ssh? T

Re: Newbie question re: ssh

On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 00:25, Robert Koster wrote: > > > I have set up a repository, and want to use :ext w/ SSH (without > > > keys). Pros/cons? > > > > Con: this isn't possible. ssh operating without keys will forcibly > > invoke username/password login, which will gag the CVS client. >

Re: Newbie question re: ssh

an the :pserver method, because the passwords are being transmitted over ssh? One of the "cons" is that the password will need to be entered frequently? Greg A. Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/16 2:20 PM >>> [ On Friday, November 15, 2002 at 22:20:39 (-0800), Mike Ayers

Re: Newbie question re: ssh

]> 11/16 2:20 PM >>> [ On Friday, November 15, 2002 at 22:20:39 (-0800), Mike Ayers wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Newbie question re: ssh > > Robert Koster wrote: > > > I have set up a repository, and want to use :ext w/ SSH (without > > keys). Pros/cons? > >

Re: Newbie question re: ssh

Greg A. Woods wrote: [ On Friday, November 15, 2002 at 22:20:39 (-0800), Mike Ayers wrote: ] Subject: Re: Newbie question re: ssh Robert Koster wrote: I have set up a repository, and want to use :ext w/ SSH (without > keys). Pros/cons? Con: this isn't possible. ssh operating

Re: Newbie question re: ssh

[ On Friday, November 15, 2002 at 22:20:39 (-0800), Mike Ayers wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Newbie question re: ssh > > Robert Koster wrote: > > > I have set up a repository, and want to use :ext w/ SSH (without > > keys). Pros/cons? > > Con: this isn't po

Re: Newbie question re: ssh

Robert Koster wrote: I have set up a repository, and want to use :ext w/ SSH (without > keys). Pros/cons? Con: this isn't possible. ssh operating without keys will forcibly invoke username/password login, which will gag the CVS client. /|/|ike

Newbie question re: ssh

I am very new to cvs. I have set up a repository, and want to use :ext w/ SSH (without keys). Pros/cons? Also, is anybody using CVS in the Sun One Studio (formerly Forte for Java) IDE? Any special considerations, helpful hints, words of wisdom, etc.? Thanks, Bob __

Re: Newbie question : common/shared objects

Jay Yarbrough wrote: > I'm quite new to using CVS. > > Our applications rely on common source, and built products alike. > > Some of these are 3rd party (dlls, jars, source, etc.) and some are internally >developed. > > For instance, to build release 1.2 of product X, I need release 3.4 of pro

Re: Newbie question : common/shared objects

Jay Yarbrough wrote: > > I'm quite new to using CVS. > > Our applications rely on common source, and built products alike. > > Some of these are 3rd party (dlls, jars, source, etc.) and some are internally >developed. > > For instance, to build release 1.2 of product X, I need release 3.4 of

Re: Newbie question : common/shared objects

At 10:15 AM 9/26/2002, Jay Yarbrough wrote: >To build release 2.1 of Product Y, I will use release 3.4 of product A, >release 5.3 of product B, and release 2.0 of product D. > > >How is this typically handled within CVS? Make each product a separate module. Then you can tag each release of each

Newbie question : common/shared objects

I'm quite new to using CVS. Our applications rely on common source, and built products alike. Some of these are 3rd party (dlls, jars, source, etc.) and some are internally developed. For instance, to build release 1.2 of product X, I need release 3.4 of product A, release 5.4 of product B, a

Re: Newbie question

From: Eric Siegerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > http://www.mail-archive.com/info-cvs%40gnu.org/msg21543.html > and my reply to that message. Now that's the most useful post I've seen since I subscribed. A link to a _searchable_ archive. The one linked from the bottom of every message is uns

Re: newbie question

Hi, Joseph Joseph G. Mercado wrote: > I cant log now to my server remotely using > > cvs -d :pserver:cvs@:/usr/local/cvs/repository login > > and prompt me to put the password,once i inputted the password, what next? > Well, then I *guess* what you try to tell us is that you *can* log to you

Re: newbie question

Joseph G. Mercado writes: > > I cant log now to my server remotely using > > cvs -d :pserver:cvs@:/usr/local/cvs/repository login > > and prompt me to put the password,once i inputted the password, what next? What do you want to do next? Perhaps you should try reading the manual or some of th

Re: newbie question

"info cvs" Look for "Starting a new project". (http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_3.html#SEC38 gives the same information) It appears that you should also look at http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC31 ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAI

newbie question

I cant log now to my server remotely using cvs -d :pserver:cvs@:/usr/local/cvs/repository login and prompt me to put the password,once i inputted the password, what next? i want to test cvs?how do i do that?sample would be appreciated\ Many Thanks joe _

Re: Newbie question

Isak Lyberth writes: > > Does CVS run under Windows, and are there graphical administration tools or > at least graphical Windows clients? Yes, see the documentation (http://www.cvshome.org/docs/), particularly the add-ons page, and . -Larry Jones Do you think God lets

Newbie question

Does CVS run under Windows, and are there graphical administration tools or at least graphical Windows clients? Regards Isak ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: General newbie question about configuration control of items external to (but required by) projects

[ On Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 10:41:10 (GMT), Schlitz wrote: ] > Subject: General newbie question about configuration control of items external to >(but required by) projects > > I was wondering if anyone with experience in CM using CVS could share > opinions/tips/&quo

General newbie question about configuration control of items external to (but required by) projects

I was wondering if anyone with experience in CM using CVS could share opinions/tips/"best practices" on storing the following in version control: -App Servers -Compilers -JDK and other language distributions... -other 3rd party apps/etc... For these, is it a good idea to just have some versioned

Re: Newbie question: cannot open CVS/Root: No such file or directory error

Schlitz writes: > > Actually, it is on a network shared drive, not local to my machine. Is this > commonly a cause of such problems? Yes. Network file systems are notoriously flaky. -Larry Jones I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian. -- Calvin ___

Newbie question

Hello, I've got a quick (I hope) newbie question, please forgive and ignore me if I'm posting this to the wrong list. I've recently taken over a CVS project from a former employee. I'm new to CVS administration and I didn't set this project up, so I'm not exact

Re: Newbie Question

You first need to "check out" from the repository if you wish to cvs add ! Normally the first thing you do is "cvs import" - then "cvs checkout". check out: http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_3.html#SEC39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone > > I am new to CVS please help me o

Re: Newbie Question

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Don't do that, please turn off your MIME encoding! >[vikas@beta channel]$ ls >create-confirm.jsp create.jsp delete.jsp edit-confirm.jsp edit.jsp =20 >[vikas@beta channel]$ cvs add *.jsp >cv

Newbie Question

Hi everyone I am new to CVS please help me out with this problem. I have a few files that i want to checkin the CVS everytime i try to CVS add the files it says :   [vikas@beta channel]$ lscreate-confirm.jsp  create.jsp  delete.jsp  edit-confirm.jsp  edit.jsp  [vikas@beta channel]$ c

Newbie Question.....

Hi everyone I am new to CVS please help me out with this problem. I have a few files that i want to checkin the CVS everytime i try to CVS add the files it says :   [vikas@beta channel]$ lscreate-confirm.jsp  create.jsp  delete.jsp  edit-confirm.jsp  edit.jsp  [vikas@beta channel]$ cv

RE: A newbie question about branches

> -Original Message- > From: Elbert "Andrés" Messa "Díaz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: A newbie question about branches > > > I have a project under CVS version contr

A newbie question about branches

I have a project under CVS version control. Right now I am planning to make a dramatic change on a previous release of the project, but I don't want to affect the main trunk. I would think that it is appropiate to create a new branch on that previous release, and make modifications to the branch

Re: remote cvs newbie question

On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 02:41:56PM -0500, Robert Nikander wrote: > I would like to use CVS to keep up with the 'bleeding edge' code for some > of these open-source development projects. Basically my question is... > can CVS be used to just download the differences every few days, without > gettin

remote cvs newbie question

Hi, I would like to use CVS to keep up with the 'bleeding edge' code for some of these open-source development projects. Basically my question is... can CVS be used to just download the differences every few days, without getting all the files? And if so, what is the best way? Or do I need a di

Re: newbie question about undo changes

Lasterra writes: > > I checkout a file from cvs, a made some changes but them i took care > that this changes are bad, what must i do in this situation if i like > to recover the version of the CVS server? You can use "update -C" to overwrite your locally modified file with a new copy from the s

newbie question about undo changes

I checkout a file from cvs, a made some changes but them i took care that this changes are bad, what must i do in this situation if i like to recover the version of the CVS server? A checkout? or Delete the file from my repository and them a checkout or another... Thanks _

newbie question

Hello all, Im not on the list so please cc me on the answer. Im configuring cvs on AIX 4.3.3 and im having a bit of difficulty with adding my first module. TRIDEVL":root:/>cvs add f cvs add: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory cvs [add aborted]: no repository who/wha

Re: Stupid newbie question

Matt Keyes wrote: > Hey all... > If I'm using Debian Linux, should I download the .gz file or the > .rpm?I thought Debian didn't use rpm, rather apt, but I'm not sure... > You'll want the .gz, though if you want to figure out how to build a debian package and submit the conf file, we'd welcome th

Stupid newbie question

Hey all…     If I’m using Debian Linux, should I download the .gz file or the .rpm?  I thought Debian didn’t use rpm, rather apt, but I’m not sure…   Matt

Re: [Newbie question] When LOGIN fails

"David A. Cobb" wrote: > Today I was working with a repository at the other end of an SSH tunnel. > > My CVS LOGIN was rejected: "server denied access to ${CVSROOT}" > > However, while experimenting with Xemacs/PCL-CVS I requested to STATUS, > and then to UPDATE my directories. Both functions ap

Re: [Newbie Question] Flag records

"David A. Cobb" wrote: > I understand from reading here that CVS includes all of RCS, in one way or > another. > > Are lines such as " $ID$ something " and "$DATE$ something" features of RCS? Yes. http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_12.html#SEC99 > And how do they get there in the first place

[Newbie question] When LOGIN fails

Today I was working with a repository at the other end of an SSH tunnel. My CVS LOGIN was rejected: "server denied access to ${CVSROOT}" However, while experimenting with Xemacs/PCL-CVS I requested to STATUS, and then to UPDATE my directories. Both functions apparently worked. Does this indica

[Newbie Question] Flag records

I understand from reading here that CVS includes all of RCS, in one way or another. Are lines such as " $ID$ something " and "$DATE$ something" features of RCS? And how do they get there in the first place? David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate, All around nice guy. Get my P

Re: NEWBIE question: checkout, sub-modules

Luna, Glen writes: > > Thanks Larry but it looks like what I want can't be done regardless > of the number of submodules I attempt to checkout. I also forgot to > mention that grapes and oranges are subdirectories (rather than > simple objects) of vegetables and would be subdirs under fruits. >

RE: NEWBIE question: checkout, sub-modules

day, April 25, 2001 4:01 PM To: Luna, Glen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NEWBIE question: checkout, sub-modules Luna, Glen writes: > > I used the following version of the checkout command >cvs -d :ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvs -d fruits > vegetables/grapes vegetables/or

Re: NEWBIE question: checkout, sub-modules

Luna, Glen writes: > > I used the following version of the checkout command >cvs -d :ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvs -d fruits > vegetables/grapes vegetables/oranges > > I had hoped that this would result in > fruits/grapes > fruits/oranges > Instead the result is > fruits/v

NEWBIE question: checkout, sub-modules

Hello, I have a question that I'm sure others have asked but I can't seem to find an answer for. >From an existing module, I want to checkout a subset of submodules under a different module name. For simplicity's sake I'll call the existing modulevegetables (not true names). The vegetables

Re: newbie question - specifing a group name for CVS to use on add/import

g the user belongs to the group of the directory). man chmod for more info. Noel [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2000.10.19 08:58:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Noel L Yap) Subject: newbie question - specifing a group name for CVS to use on add/import Hi all, I'm new to CVS and also to

newbie question - specifing a group name for CVS to use on add/import

Hi all, I'm new to CVS and also to this list so if this is a really obvious question that's answered in a FAQ somewhere can someone let me know where the FAQ is :) We've got CVS installed and working fine on a Linux server and we have clients (WinCVS) on NT machines. The problem we have is that

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