More module aliases

[Kenneth Dombrowski]

OK, I've been following along for a couple of days, but I'm still stuck on
this.  I have a web project which encompasses a few portals; there are
essentially 4 sites, each of which uses some common code, & some private code.

I've been keeping the 4 sites separately in CVS for a few months now, but
updates require too much time diffing the common code between the 4, so I
thought I could break out the shared bits according to functionality & include
them where needed as &ampmodules

None of the 4 pieces are installed in the server's webroot; in fact all four
must be exactly /one_dir down.  The name of that directory is not important.
This was designed to be able to install them all right next to each other, all
4 'live' sites + usually 4 more 'dev' sites.

my current CVSROOT/modules file looks something like this:


# www_site is a literal/physical module name, so not aliased
devsite     -d dev_site                 www_site
# www_pro is a literal/physical module name, so not aliased
devpro      -d dev_pro                  www_pro
# www_admin is a literal/physical module name, so not aliased
devadmin    -d dev_admin                www_admin

# developer data to check out with dev_* sites
devdev      -d dev_site/_developer      _developer
devpro      -d dev_pro/_developer       _developer
devadmin    -d dev_admin/_developer     _developer

# shared functions
funcs       -d www_site/functions       functions
devfuncs    -d dev_site/functions       functions
profuncs    -d www_pro/functions        functions
devprofuncs -d dev_pro/functions        functions

# shared images...
# shared shopping cart...
# shared templates...

# and then at the end I'm trying to string them together..
# 

www_site    -a www_site &funcs &images &cart &tmpl
dev_site    -a &devsite &devdev &devfuncs &devimages &devcart &devtmpl


it doesn't work.  'cvs checkout www_site' checks out only the
physical/literal 'www_site' module.  I've tried aliasing it so it's not
using the same name, & renaming & re-importing the files:

# replacing the 1st comment of my ex. with
livesite    -d www_site     www_root
# & the www_site line with
www_site    -a &livesite &funcs &images &cart &tmpl
# with & without the "-a"


all I can get is this:

address@hidden www]$ cvs checkout -d testsite www_site
cvs server: cannot find module `www_site' - ignored
cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules
address@hidden www]$ cvs -nt checkout -d testsite www_site
 -> main loop with CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/home2/cvs/uy_mod
 -> Connecting to localhost(127.0.0.1):2401
S-> do_module (www_site, Updating, , )
cvs server: cannot find module `www_site' - ignored
cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules
 -> Lock_Cleanup()
address@hidden www]$ cvs -nt checkout -d testpro www_pro
 -> main loop with CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/home2/cvs/uy_mod
 -> Connecting to localhost(127.0.0.1):2401
S-> do_module (www_pro, Updating, , )
cvs server: cannot find module `www_pro' - ignored
cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules
 -> Lock_Cleanup()
address@hidden www]$ cvs checkout -d testpro www_pro
cvs server: cannot find module `www_pro' - ignored
cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules
address@hidden www]$


Thanks for reading!
Kenneth