RE: CVS newbie setup questions

[Charlie Wu]

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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