Re: testing for running via psserve

[David A Uebele]

Mark D. Baushke said something close to this:
> 
> David A Uebele <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Any suggestions for a simply way to test if a cvs commit is
> > going through pserver or via straight cvs commit on the local
> > machine?
> Why does this matter?

Because the perl script running before commit normally will
prompt a user for defect tracking information. I have
an alternative mechanism to avoid this prompting, and I found a bug
in that system, where someone forgets to activate the alternate
mechanism, the "trying to prompt the user for defect information"
gets ugly. I'd like to early on do a test "this commit is coming in
via pserver, and I don't have the information I need, issue 
meaningful warning message and abort.

> On the server side of the client/server connection, the CVSROOT looks
> like a simple pathname to the files on the local filesystem.
> 
> The most likely distinction might be that you are passing the ${USER}
> token on the commitinfo line. If you are mapping your usernames into
> fewer pserver accounts, then comparing that value with the real
> enviornment value of USER might help make the distinction you desire.

No, not changing the ${USER} token.

Perhaps some check to see if this is associated with a tty. I recall
doing that in the past.

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Dave Uebele        address@hidden        360-876-4587