Re: [Savannah-help-public] CVS access to git repository? (gawk project)

[Sylvain Beucler]

I re-reset the DB, thanks for the hint!

- Sylvain

On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 11:05:52AM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> "Doesn't work" means that it pulls out what is in the CVS repository,
> not the git repository.
> 
> THANKS!
> 
> Arnold
> 
> P.S. I am guessing that your "resetting the database" happened
> after the backup from which you restored Savannah.
> 
> > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 11:44:24 +0100
> > From: Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>
> > To: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [Savannah-help-public] CVS access to git repository? (gawk
> >  project)
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please precise "doesn't work", so we can try and reproduce the exact
> > problem quickly.
> >
> > - Sylvain
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 10:54:37AM +0200, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > > 
> > > I know you've been busy putting Savannah back together, for which
> > > I'm definitely grateful!
> > > 
> > > This still doesn't work though...  If you get a chance to fix it in the
> > > near future I'd appreciate it.
> > > 
> > > Thank you,
> > > 
> > > Arnold
> > > 
> > > > Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:31:43 +0100
> > > > From: Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>
> > > > To: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
> > > > Cc: address@hidden
> > > > Subject: Re: [Savannah-help-public] CVS access to git repository? (gawk
> > > >  project)
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > git-cvsserver must have been confused at some point.  I reinitialized
> > > > its database and apparently it now works properly.
> > > >
> > > > - Sylvain
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 12:21:48PM +0200, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> > > > > Hi Sylvain.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Look for 'cvs' at:
> > > > > > http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/UsingGit
> > > > > > and let us know if the doc works for you.
> > > > > 
> > > > > It doesn't.  When I do
> > > > > 
> > > > > $ cvs -d:pserver:address@hidden:/gawk.git co -d gawk master
> > > > > cvs checkout: Updating gawk
> > > > > U gawk/ABOUT-NLS
> > > > > U gawk/AUTHORS
> > > > > U gawk/COPYING
> > > > > .........
> > > > > 
> > > > > I get what is in the CVS repository, not what's in the Git repository:
> > > > > 
> > > > > $ head gawk/ChangeLog 
> > > > > Mon Nov  8 22:29:35 2010  Arnold D. Robbins  <address@hidden>
> > > > > 
> > > > >       * bootstrap.sh: Remove touch of libsigsegv/* files, since
> > > > >       gawk no longer includes libsigsegv.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Wed Nov  3 08:29:15 2010  Arnold D. Robbins  <address@hidden>
> > > > > 
> > > > >       * node.c (free_wstr): If argument is null string or null field,
> > > > >       return. Thanks to Vojtech Vitek <address@hidden>
> > > > > 
> > > > > To compare:
> > > > > 
> > > > > $ mkdir g ; cd g
> > > > > $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/gawk.git
> > > > > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/g/gawk/.git/
> > > > > ........
> > > > > 
> > > > > $ head gawk/ChangeLog 
> > > > > Thu Nov 25 08:32:31 2010  Arnold D. Robbins  <address@hidden>
> > > > > 
> > > > >       * eval.c (posix_compare): Do string comparison with strcoll() /
> > > > >       wcscoll().
> > > > >       (cmp_nodes): Call it if do_posix.  This may be a bad idea,
> > > > >       but what the heck.  Standards compatibility uber alles!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Wed Nov 24 20:09:23 2010  Arnold D. Robbins  <address@hidden>
> > > > > 
> > > > >       * ext.c (do_ext): Require definition of 
> > > > > `plugin_is_GPL_compatible'
> > > > > 
> > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > This is what I was asking about.  Do I have to disable CVS for the
> > > > > project?  I was hoping to leave the CVS archive around a bit longer.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Aharon
>