entertaining newbies....

2003-06-19 Thread Kent E
Hi guyz, I have a hard time following the FAQ of the CVS for me its not a step-by-step process Can someone lend their step-by-step notes to me Thanks Kent E. ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pserver unrecognized auth error.

2003-06-19 Thread mike walster
--- Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is interesting, that machine is still running. it is a redhat 7.1 machine on our lan with the stock cvs that came with the dist. I know I am reading the file I think I am because there are several roots defined on that machine and they have been

I am new to CVS..

2003-06-19 Thread Sudheer Babu, Nukaraju
Hi I am new to CVS. I had experience in Clearcase. i want to install and test on Windows platform first. Can any body give some suggestions how to start CVS (from installation,configurstion etc..) Is Server and Client s/w is separate?? Please give me some sugestions Thanks Sudheer

How does CVS Login Work?

2003-06-19 Thread thomas . maciejewski
I am moving a directory over from one CVS location to another. The permissions on the new directory are a bit different since it is set to 770 where I am in the group. When I try to co a project it asks me to do a cvs login. When I do cvs login username it gives me cvs login: authorization

RE: cvs diff - new files

2003-06-19 Thread Jayashree
Hi, I tried -N option with cvs diff. It still does not spot files created locally. Any more ideas? I would like to know why there is such a difference when using pserver and not. Can somebody explain? Regards, Jayashree -Original Message- From: Greg A. Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: cvs diff - new files

2003-06-19 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, June 19, 2003 at 20:10:11 (+0530), Jayashree wrote: ] Subject: RE: cvs diff - new files I tried -N option with cvs diff. It still does not spot files created locally. You have to cvs add new files to CVS before it'll know about their existance and thus be able to report their

Re: How does CVS Login Work?

2003-06-19 Thread Larry Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: cvs login: authorization failed: server servername rejected access to directory for user username That means that either the directory does not exactly match one of the server's --allow-root= options, the username is not a valid user, or the password you used was

Re: Input files

2003-06-19 Thread Todd Denniston
Hamid Ghassemi wrote: Can CVS use an input file in place of options for each individual file. We have a list of files that makes up a recipe of what source code is needed to make a product. suggestion read http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.6/cvs_4.html#SEC48 it tells you that

Re: How does CVS Login Work?

2003-06-19 Thread Mark D. Baushke
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Re: How does CVS Login Work?

2003-06-19 Thread thomas . maciejewski
dont you think that you are going a bit overboard with this? 1) I personally do not control the disclaimer that is attached to my email ... 2) I work for a financial institution and I am not really sure which part of this disclaimer you have a problem with ... 3) If I am going to get this

Re: How does CVS Login Work?

2003-06-19 Thread Riechers, Matthew W
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dont you think that you are going a bit overboard with this? 1) I personally do not control the disclaimer that is attached to my email ... At the risk of sustaining this thread beyond a reasonable lifespan, I would point out that no disclaimer was added to your

branches off of branches

2003-06-19 Thread Peschko, Edward
hey, Is there a way to make a branch off another branch, what I'm envisioning is the following: --- / dev / --- / test / -- head where dev can be merged into test (and test

Re: branches off of branches

2003-06-19 Thread Larry Jones
Peschko, Edward writes: Is there a way to make a branch off another branch Of course -- just create a branch in a working directory that's already on a branch. (Or use the -r option of [r]tag along with -b to specify a root revision for the branch.) where dev can be merged into test (and

Re: branches off of branches

2003-06-19 Thread Kaz Kylheku
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Peschko, Edward wrote: but it then behooves you to remember when you've done the damn merge.. Argh! Overall, cvs's branching ability leaves much to be desired. I'd use MetaCVS, except I need to have the functionality available on solaris What issues have you

Re: branches off of branches

2003-06-19 Thread Peschko, Edward
makes sense or not is a different issue. In the above scenario, merging as you suggest is certainly the most sensible way to do it.) but it then behooves you to remember when you've done the damn merge.. It always behooves you to remember (typically with tags) what you've merged,