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Re: gCvs error: invalid option --c


From: Michael Kohne
Subject: Re: gCvs error: invalid option --c
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:09:00 -0500 (EST)

>
> Hi,  I just installed gCvs 1.0 on my Mandrake 9.2 machine.  When I try
> to do any function (login, checkout, etc.) it prints an error in the
> terminal window "invalid option --c" (full text below).  Any ideas on
> what is causing this?  I don't have this option specified anywhere.  I
> googled it and found this problem asked before, but no solutions.  Any
> help is appreciated as I can't use gCvs right now.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> here is the full text of the error:
>
>
>
> /usr/bin/cvs: invalid option -- c
>
> Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command [command-options-and-arguments]
>
>   where cvs-options are -q, -n, etc.
>
>     (specify --help-options for a list of options)
>
>   where command is add, admin, etc.
>
>     (specify --help-commands for a list of commands
>
>      or --help-synonyms for a list of command synonyms)
>
>   where command-options-and-arguments depend on the specific command
>
>     (specify -H followed by a command name for command-specific help)
>
>   Specify --help to receive this message
>
>
>
> The Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is a tool for version control.
>
> For CVS updates and additional information, see
>
>     the CVS home page at http://www.cvshome.org/ or
>
>     Pascal Molli's CVS site at http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
>

This looks like an error from the underlying copy of cvs. Does gCVS
included a built-in CVS client, or is it using the system cvs binary? Is
it getting the right cvs binary?

There are several sub-command which my cvs man page says take a -c:
cvs history (it means report on each time commit was used)
cvs rdiff (explicitly specifying the default)

Does CVS work properly if you use the command line directly?

Good luck!

-- 
Michael Kohne        address@hidden
"You should be smarter than the equipment you are trying to operate." --
Matt Osborne






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