Greg Lopp on Mon, 13 May 2002 09:41:24 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Problems setting up CVS


On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 12:55:33AM -0400, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
> > I'm trying to help someone setup CVS on his Debian system. It all seemed to
> > install correctly. I see the entry in /etc/inetd.conf.
> 
> Is there a reason not to use ssh? Just asking.
> 
> > When I try and initialize a repository, it doesn't seem to work if I specify
> > it as a :pserver, but does seem to init if I do it locally.
> 
> Can you do a sample checking locally?
> 
> cvs import sandbox sandbox start

When I was setting up my first cvs server several weeks ago, some
page indicated that these last two parameters were very important :
$ cvs import somedir Vendor1_0 Rev1_0

Helpful : http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CVS-RCS-HOWTO-3.html
> 
> > cvs -d :pserver:mjl@localhost:/usr/local/cvs login
> > Logging in to :pserver:mjl@localhost:2401/usr/local/cvs
> > CVS password:
> > /usr/local/cvs: no such repository
> 
Maybe because the repository is empty?



greg

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