Re: CVS newbie setup questions

[David Taylor]

Rather than attempt to explain the cause of each error message, the type of
errors suggest to me that it would be more helpful to point you to tutorials
providing a general overview of the steps for working with CVS:

http://www.arc.unm.edu/~rsahu/cvs.html#Brief
Most concise, but it has the immediate answers you need.

http://cellworks.washington.edu/pub/docs/cvs/tutorial/cvs_tutorial_5.html
Bit longer, but  has the answers

http://www.cvshome.org/docs/blandy.html
For a more verbose explanation

http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~dbutler/tutorials/winter96/cvs/
A fuller development, covering more areas

http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#An_Overview_of_CVS
A chapter from Karl Fogel's online book. Worth the extra reading, if you want
to grasp the concepts as well as the steps.

Hope this helps,
dtayl

Charlie Wu wrote:

> I'm trying to install cvs on solaris2.7 and am not able to get a file into
> my repository.. I'm pasting the script here.. can someone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
>
> Script started on Tue Sep 18 14:02:39 2001
> address@hidden/users/home11/cwu}: echo $CVSROOT
> /users/home11/cwu/junk
> address@hidden/users/home11/cwu}: ls junk
> CVSROOT/
> address@hidden/users/home11/cwu}: ls -l a.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 cwu      other        174 Aug 16 20:11 a.sh*
> address@hidden/users/home11/cwu}: cvs add a.sh
> cvs add: in directory .:
> cvs [add aborted]: there is no version here; do 'cvs checkout' first
> address@hidden/users/home11/cwu}: cvs checkout
> cvs [checkout aborted]: must specify at least one module or directory
> address@hidden/users/home11/cwu}: cvs commit a.sh
> cvs commit: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory
> cvs commit: nothing known about `a.sh'
> cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!
> address@hidden/users/home11/cwu}: uname -a
> SunOS pepsi 5.7 Generic_106541-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Taylor [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:25 PM
> To: David Rasmussen
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: CVS newbie questions
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if you're confused by the variety of answers you've
> received. At the risk of confusing you further, I'll add this:
>
> 1 - The simplest way to setup CVS is to access a repository on a local
> filesystem. Assuming, the CVS binary is in your PATH on the Solaris system,
> you
> can create a repository in the home directory of your Solaris account simply
> by
> logging in and typing "cvs -d cvsroot init". This will create a repository
> in
> the directory $HOME/cvsroot.  That's all you need to do, if you are willing
> to
> always transfer files from your home computers to the Solaris system (using
> FTP
> or whatever) and checkin/checkout to CVS repository from there.
>
> 2 - But if explicitly transferring files doesn't suit you and you prefer to
> access the repository remotely, then I can tell you this: recently, I went
> through the archives of this mailing list and did an informal analysis of
> the
> "Subject" lines. Questions on problems setting up CVS for remote access may
> be
> the most frequently-asked questions. Unless you're comfortable doing
> sysadmin
> of a network service,  it's likely that you'll run into problems.
>
> I suggest first using a local filesystem (method #1) and getting familiar
> with
> CVS commands and normal operation, so you have a reference point,  before
> attempting  remote access (method #2).  If local access doesn't work (e.g.,
> if
> you can't get the path to the CVS binary correct), then remote access won't
> work either - but the error you get will probably be more baffling. So
> reduce
> the unknowns and first convince yourself that local access works.
>
> good luck,
> dtayl
>
> David Rasmussen wrote:
>
> > Hello there.
> >
> > Can I create a repository at my university solaris system, locally on my
> > account on the system, and use that repository from my portable computer
> and
> > from my stationary computer at home? How? I know nothing about CVS.
> >
> > David.
> >
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