Re: Adding new repository to cvs

[Todd Denniston]

bomahony wrote, On 09/20/2007 05:30 AM:
> Hi im pretty new to CVS, and to this list as well.
>
> Anyways, my companyhas asked me to look after the two CVS server, as
> the previous admin is gone. Anyways, eher is my issue.

As you are a newbie to CVS and also being assigned the the job of being the 
admin, do yourself a huge favor:
figure out if you are running CVS 1.11.X or 1.12.X on the server, and choose 
the appropriate manual[1], read it cover to cover. you SHALL thank yourself later.



> We have two servers in different locations. The primary location has
> most of the development work done. the secondary location does a small
> bit of work, and the CVS server on that site has a number of
> repositories rsync'd to it.
>
> The primary server has a number of repositories at /cvs/* and a number
> at /cvs1/*. To date all the sync's were from /cvs/* to /cvs/* on the
> secondary offsite server. They have now asked me to replicate one of
> the repositories from /cvs1/EJB. I have set up the synch, and synched
> the data.
>
> I then logged into the server, and ran
> cvs -d /cvs1/EJB init

I think you also should read the man page for rsync.
it should be something _like_
rsync primary:/cvs1/EJB /

Also your setup (using rsync to put servers local) seems very brittle, and a 
bit strange. I would suggest reading a couple of the FAQs[2][3] and see if 
their answers would help you.

> I thought this would make the repository appear. However i get a "/
> cvs1/EJB: no such repository"
This error means /cvs1/EJB does not exist, try mkdir /cvs1/EJB first.
However in your setup (rsyncing from primary to secondary, I think you have a 
fundamental misunderstanding of what you wanted to do, i.e., I think you 
needed to run rsync not cvs for your setup. I suspect your rsync method is 
basically a variation on "How do I backup and restore complete CVS repository?"[4]

> I know it has to be something stupid, but i have no idea what. I have
> restarted the xiinetd service. The machines are running RHEL3.

Are you using pserver?
(please don't, but if you are then we need to know so we can better help you.)
> Any help would be appreciated.

any commands I gave above are only guesses, use them at your own risk.
Good luck.

[1] http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/
[2] 
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#Can_2_CVS_servers_talk_to_each_other.3F
[3] http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#Mirror_Repositories
[4] 
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#How_do_I_backup_and_restore_complete_CVS_repository.3F

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Todd Denniston
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