RE: Watch add failing

[Jim.Hyslop]

Carter Thompson wrote:
> I checked the archives and Googled for "cvs watch add server aborted"
> to find out if the problems I've been experiencing with cvs watches 
> was known:
> 
> cvs watch add filename
> cvs [server aborted]: unknown command: watch_add
> 
> I've found multiple reports that this is a known problem in older
> releases of CVS, however no one has stated in which release it's
> been fixed.  I tried querying the www.cvshome.org issue tracking
> system without luck, does anyone know what release this has been
> fixed in?  I'll likely upgrade to the latest stable version but 
> I think my superiors would like to know in which release this 
> was fixed (not entirely sure why).

The NEWS file is available at cvshome.org:

http://ccvs.cvshome.org/source/browse/ccvs/NEWS?rev=1.206&content-type=text/
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an alias to that link, in case the URL gets mangled in transit:
http://tinyurl.com/3742p

It appears to have been fixed in 1.11.3:

"Changes from 1.11.2 to 1.11.3:
...
* Fixed a bug that caused the server to reject most watch commands."

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)