[Sandweb-users] RE: Sandweb repository issues

[Robert H. <ro...@ro...>]

Sorry I missed this email from you.

You need to specify which module you want to checkout in the "sandbox" 
menu, SandWeb doesn't list them otherwise (more a limitation of CVS than 
SandWeb unfortunately).


On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:12pm, Alainna C. Wonders wrote:
> I think the issue is when I specify the parameters as such:
>
> Name: cvsroot
> Server hostname: localhost
> Username: awonders
> Vcs type: cvs
> Connection: local
> Root: /cvs_root/
>
> It isn't seeing the modules (I've already imported two).
>
> This means I can't check out anything.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Helmer [mailto:ro...@ro...]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:54 PM
> To: Alainna C. Wonders
> Cc: san...@li...
> Subject: Re: Sandweb repository issues
>
>
> In SandWeb, click on the module name to get to the "browse module" 
> menu.
> You should see a pulldown select form that has a "commit" option on it.
>
>
> --
> Rob
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 02:31:46PM -0400, Alainna C. Wonders wrote:
>>  So how would one check in files after editing them?
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Robert Helmer [mailto:ro...@ro...]
>>  Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:43 PM
>>  To: Alainna C. Wonders
>>  Cc: san...@li...
>>  Subject: Re: Sandweb repository issues
>>
>>
>>  Hi Alainna,
>>
>>
>>  No worries. I prefer if people mail the sandweb-users list so that
>>  problems/resolutions can be shared.
>>
>>  Maybe I am confused about what you are saying, but I think you are not
>
>>  clear on how CVS works.. (see http://cvshome.org)
>>
>>  In CVS, each user makes a private checkout (aka "sandbox") and
>>  modifies their work in there. When they are done, they attempt to
>>  check in to the main repository ("/cvs_root").
>>
>>  If someone else has checked in to the same file before them, they get
>>  a notification and CVS attempts to merge the changes. If the merge
>>  fails, the user gets a conflict notification and merges the changes
>>  themselves, then attempts to check in again.
>>
>>  Noone should ever be modifying anything in /cvs_root directly; you
>>  need to go through CVS.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Hope that helps,
>>  Rob Helmer
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 02:22:39PM -0400, Alainna C. Wonders wrote:
>>  > Hi Robert,
>>  >
>>  > I got your email address off of your website; I hope you don't mind.
>>  >
>>  > We're having some serious difficulties with the repository.  It
>>  > seems
>>  > that when we configure the repository section in Sandweb as such
>>  > below:
>>  >
>>  > Name: CVSROOT
>>  > Server hostname: localhost
>>  > Username: awonders
>>  > Vcs type: cvs
>>  > Connection: local
>>  > Root: /cvs_root/
>>  >
>>  > It will create
>>  > /usr/local/share/sandweb/users/username/cvs_root/$files.
>>  >
>>  > We need sandweb to point EVERYone to /cvs_root so they can share
>>  > their
>>
>>  > development files.
>>  >
>>  > I tried to symlink (probably a major no-no) all of the user
>>  > directories to /cvs_root/ and gave it all the permissions of
>>  > apache:cvsusers, and got a little further but no where near where we
>>  need to be.
>>  >
>>  > I'm hoping that I'm just screwing up and not doing it right.  Any
>>  > help
>>
>>  > you can offer, I'd really appreciate.
>>  >
>>  > Thanks Robert.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Alainna C. Wonders
>>  > Jr. Systems Administrator, ISSO
>>  > Applied Hydro-Acoustic Research, Inc.
>>  > Voice: 703-968-6129
>>  > Email: awo...@ah...
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
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