[Gnu-arch-users] ftp troubles

[Carl Humphrey]

Hi,

I am new to arch. I have been through the tutorials and FAQ but i have not been 
able to work out whats wrong with my setup.

I have 2 machines. one running an ftp server (ncftpd) giving access to an 
archives directory where an archive resides

On the second machine , I wish to be able to get the latest version from the 
first machine , change it and commit it back over ftp.

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For starters does the archive work?

On the first machine not using the ftp server at all , but accessing the tree 
directly

1:> tla my-id
Arch Repository <address@hidden>

1:> tla archives
address@hidden
    /home/arch/archives/address@hidden

1:> tla my-default-archive
address@hidden

1:> tla revisions foo--mainline--0.1
base-0
patch-1
patch-2
patch-3

1:> tla get foo--mainline--0.1 testdir
* from pristine cache: address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-3
* making pristine copy
* tree version set address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1

1:> cd testdir
1:> tla logs
base-0
patch-1
patch-2
patch-3

1:> tla changes --diffs
* looking for address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-3 to compare with
* comparing to address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-3

( i did not make any changes so this looks ok )

1:> emacs `tla make-log`
1:> tla commit
* update pristine tree (address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-3 => 
foo--mainline--0.1--patch-4)
* commited address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-4

so the first machine with the local copy of the archive seems to work

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Now , to access the same archive on the second machine , over ftp to the first 
machine

2:> tla my-id
Carl Humphrey <address@hidden>

2:> tla archives
address@hidden
    ftp://arch:address@hidden/archives/address@hidden

2:> tla my-default-archive
address@hidden

2:> tla revisions foo--mainline--0.1
base-0
patch-1
patch-2
patch-3
patch-4

( so the ftp access itself seams to be working )

2:> tla get foo--mainline--0.1 testdir
* from pristine cache: address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--base-0
* patching for revision: address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-1
* patching for revision: address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-2
* patching for revision: address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-3
* patching for revision: address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1--patch-4
* making pristine copy
* tree version set address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1

( ?? any idea why this shows more results than when i run it locally on machine 
one?? )
( !! if i look at the directory the files of my project are there !! )

2:> cd testdir
2:> tla logs

( ?? no output ??? )

2:> tla changes --diffs
changes: tree shows no revisions in version
  tree: /home/carlh/testdir
  version: address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1

1:> emacs `tla make-log`
1:> tla commit
commit: tree has no patch log for version
    tree: /home/carlh/testdir
    version: address@hidden/foo--mainline--0.1


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I have also had headaches trying to create a new archive over ftp , to the 
point i gave up and installed arch on the ftp server machine ( machine 1 ) and 
locally created an archive

Is there something I am missing? 

The reason that I wish to use ftp is that there only 3 developers working on 
this source tree and I would like to have one central repository where all 
changes are sent to.

I would be very grateful to hear your thoughts on the problem.

Thank you
Carl Humphrey