Re: Can't cvs remove in sandbox for read-only repository?

[Todd Denniston]

Nelson Bolyard wrote, On 04/04/2008 03:36 PM:
> I'm developing a patch for a set of source files in a repository to 
> which I have only read access.  I intend for my patch to remove two
> source files from that repository on that branch.  If I can "cvs remove"
> those source files, the "cvs diff -N" will generate a patch that shows
> that I am removing the files.  Otherwise, cvs diff will complain that
> the files are missing from my sandbox.  
>
> But when I try to "cvs remove" those files from my sandbox, cvs 1-11-22 
> tells me that I cannot cvs remove the files because I do not have write 
> access.  Although I have used cvs for over a decade, I rarely use 
> read-only repositories, so I was surprised by this result.
>
> Now, given that cvs remove does not actually make ANY changes to the 
> repository, and only marks the file to-be-removed in my local 
> CVS/Entries file, why should cvs remove deny me the action of marking 
> the file as to-be-removed in my own sandbox?  
>
> I haven't tried it, but does "cvs add" do the same thing?  

Unfortunately Yes.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2004-11/msg00191.html

> Again,
> given that cvs add merely marks the file in my CVS/Entries files as 
> to-be-added, and the add does not happen until a commit, why should
> CVS deny me the operation to mark a file as to-be-added in my local
> sandbox?
>
> Also, I can accomplish the same things that "cvs remove" does by 
> hand enditing my own CVS/Entries file (IINM), 

Been there done that, it works. (at least for add)
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2004-11/msg00191.html

> so it makes even less
> sense for the cvs program to deny doing for me what I can do for 
> myself, less conveniently.
>
> In summary, the question is: 
> Is there any good reason for cvs to behave this way? 
History. :(

> Or is this just a bug?
Sort of (I don't think it is in the bug system at 
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/cvs/ ).

But we have all been to lazy^H^H^H^H^H busy to implement:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2004-11/msg00140.html

Highlights:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2004-11/msg00140.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2004-11/msg00189.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2004-11/msg00191.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2004-11/msg00193.html
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Todd Denniston
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Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter