CVS howto

Post by **chuck_starchaser** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:59 am

Could we have a sticky thread how to install and use CVS? I just downloaded gCVS, and ran it, but it's all greek to me. Besides, I can't even find the most basic information around here, such as WHERE are the files (for WCU).

Silverain · Post by **Silverain** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:06 am

We DID have something in the wiki howtos, but we are currently rebuilding those pages after the old database corrupted (from hackers I think?).

As to where the files are: that will eventually wind up there too. For now, just ask the question and people will have the answers.

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:21 am

Well, there is a partial howto I posted that covers cvs for windows:
http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forum ... 1938#31938

Although we should eventually have a comprehensive section on the new wiki.

Silverain · Post by **Silverain** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:05 am

I got motivated:

How To Checkout CVS

Feel free to add information to the wiki - or note it in the forums for us to add.

Post by **chuck_starchaser** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:43 am

This is wonderful!, Silverrain, many many thanks!

Post by **chuck_starchaser** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:37 am

Not working, though. I get this all the time, no matter what I try:

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NEW CVSROOT: :pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/vegastrike (local mounted directory)
cvs checkout -P /cvsroot/vegastrike (in directory /home/d/DEVEL/VS)
cvs [checkout aborted]: CVSROOT anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/vegastrike must be an absolute pathname

*****CVS exited normally with code 1*****

Also, I downloaded the latest version of gCVS, yet I find nothing about compression.

Post by **hellcatv** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:45 am

it should be

cvs checkout -P vegastrike

not /cvsroot/vegastrike

Post by **chuck_starchaser** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:02 am

Still not working:

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NEW CVSROOT: :pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/vegastrike (local mounted directory)
cvs checkout -P vegastrike (in directory /home/d/DEVEL/VS)
cvs [checkout aborted]: CVSROOT anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/vegastrike must be an absolute pathname

*****CVS exited normally with code 1*****

checking cvs

*****CVS exited normally with code 0*****

NEW CVSROOT: :pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net: -P vegastrike (local mounted directory)
cvs checkout -P vegastrike (in directory /home/d/DEVEL/VS)
cvs [checkout aborted]: CVSROOT anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net: -P vegastrike must be an absolute pathname

*****CVS exited normally with code 1*****

There seems to be some wrong with my CVSROOT field. As you can see from the above two tries, I also tried each of those with various combinations at the checkout command box, and always the same msg, about it having to be an absolute path.
Maybe it needs a double-slash after the colon?

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:49 am

Hm... you might want to have a look at the vegastrike CVS project page.

Post by **chuck_starchaser** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:39 am

I got it! Worked! What the guide needs to have corrected is the following (for gCVS):

In Admin->Preferences, the General tab:

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anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/vegastrike

Below that, click the button Password ("pserver")

Click OK

The log window shows:

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NEW CVSROOT: anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/vegastrike (password authentication)

Press ENTER (may not be necessary, but I did

)

Now go to Create->Checkout Module

Navigate to an appropriate location to put the stuff, creating folders as needed, such as,

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/home/myself/DEVEL/

Click on OK

Now you get a Checkout Settings box. In the main field, first tab, where it says "Enter the module name and path on the server", type vegastrike.

Now sit back by the dock at the bay, watching the files scroll away.

Silverain · Post by **Silverain** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:40 pm

@chuck_starchaser,

I have updated the checkout page, but since I don't use gCvs could you review and note corrections where needed? Thanks.

Post by **chuck_starchaser** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:43 pm

I'm in Windows now; I'll be back in Linux tonight. From a superficial look, there's a couple of things. Point 4 says,
# Set CVSROOT to be the same as the one below. (or else the menus will be grayed out and you can't do anything);
Should say "above", rather than "below".
Like I said, I have the latest version and there was no compression level setting anywhere.
Point 11 says,
# Checkout Settings box - in the main field, first tab enter the name of module you wish to checkout;
I'd add (e.g.: "vegastrike", without the quotes), otherwise people might not know that a 'module' refers to a folder.
Point 13 says,
Open up a shell and type:
cd vegastrike; ./configure <SEE HowTo:Compile from Cvs FOR DETAILS>; make
But...
a) ./configure doesn't work (file not found), and
b) the SEE ... FOR DETAILS links to a page that says it doesn't exist yet.

By the way, I'd love to know how to build this thing in Linux. I came back to Windows hoping to use my MinGW compiler with CodeBlocks IDE, but no luck at all with it, either.

Post by **MamiyaOtaru** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:52 pm

make -f Makefile.cvs
then
./configure
etc

Post by **chuck_starchaser** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:08 pm

Thanks! I'll try it tonight when I'm back in Linux.