Re[2]: Bug report -- cvs-nserver-1.11.1.51 client

[Wang J. <la...@li...>]

Hello Alexey,

Saturday, November 17, 2001, 9:36:31 PM, you wrote:

>>>>>> "WJ" == Wang Jian <la...@li...> writes:

WJ>> Hello Alexey, Thanks.  But please fix it now :-) It is too
WJ>> mysterious and too easy to happen. Fixing it ASAP can avoid more
WJ>> fuss.

AM> 1.11.1.52 has zlib support simply disabled :) 

Hoho, so easy 'fix' ;-)

WJ>> BTW: 'group' subcommand doesn't work. Is it in lastest CVS
WJ>> version?

AM> There was never the 'cvs group' subcommand.  The CVS groups are
AM> handled like this (quoting from older message): 

AM> When the CVSROOT/cvsgroup file exists, it specifies the CVS groups in
AM> the following format:

AM>    %devel: alice, bob, carol
AM>    %mgmt: mike, nick
AM>    %devel: dave, elisabeth

AM> As you see, the group names could be specified several times: lists of
AM> users will just be added up together: this is to get rid of too-long
AM> lines in cvsgroup.

So it is a bug of documentation.

see www/acl-cli.txt in 1.11.1.51

==quote==
Command lines for groups management:

a. Creating a group:

    $ cvs group create <group>


b. Deleting a group:

    $ cvs group delete <group>
==quote==

I think this subcommand is necessary for convenient remote management.


AM> To edit that file, you simply 

AM>         $ cvs co CVSROOT/
AM>         $ echo cvsgroup >> checkoutlist
AM>         $ cvs add checkoutlist cvsgroup
AM>         $ vi cvsgroup
AM>         $ cvs ci

AM> When there is an error in the cvsgroup file, the users will get a
AM> warning about that, but not a fatal error (sure, the ACLs after that
AM> line will not be honoured).


AM> Special '%ALL' group is not supported yet.



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