[cvsnt] Re: viewcvs with cvsnt problem encountered

[Alvin Wong]

Hi Bo,

I'm not getting much help from the viewcvs forum so i decided to post to 
the cvsnt forum as well.

Regards,
Alvin

Bo Berglund wrote:

>The file __init__.py seems OK to me.
>I hope you placed it in the correct folder though:
>c:\Programs\viewcvs\lib\vclib\bincvs
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>there are many __init__.py in various directories and they are different.
>And I don't know when this file is invoked either (I am not a Python
>programmer) so I can't help in saying when it is being used.
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>However several persons have reported that with this change in place
>their backslash problem weht away. I haven't had it myself though.
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>I post this on the Viewcvs forum in the hope that someone else can
>report how to apply this changed file. Is it enough to just replace
>it in the source dir or must some process be restarted?
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>/Bo
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alvin Wong [mailto:alvin.wong at b2b.com.my]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:01 AM
>To: bo.berglund at telia.com
>Subject: Re: [cvsnt] Re: viewcvs with cvsnt problem encountered
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>Hi Bo,
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>I have put the 2 files that you mentioned in the respective directory, 
>in this case, C:/Programs/Viewcvs  but it still does not work. I'm 
>attaching the 2 files for you to have a look, is it the correct version 
>as the error message still remains the same.
>
>Regards,
>Alvin
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>Bo Berglund wrote:
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>>On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:53:01 +0800, Alvin Wong <alvin.wong at b2b.com.my>
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>>>Hi Bo,
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>>>I have installed ViewCVS with CVSNT on Windows 2000 Advanced Server and 
>>>i can view the webpage all right. ViewCVS was installed using the 
>>>download from your webpage at
>>>http://w1.858.telia.com/~u85831169/ViewCvsSetup.html.
>>>However when i tried to navigate on the links in the default viewcvs cvs 
>>>browser on my server, it gives me the following error.
>>>
>>>File "C:\Programs\ViewCvs\lib\vclib\bincvs\_init_.py", line 791, in 
>>>_get_logs
>>>raise vclib.Error('Error parsing rlog output. Expected RCS file "%s"'
>>>Error: Error parsing rlog output. Expected RCS file 
>>>"C:/cvsrepository/sandbox/eConnector/192.168.1.5.crt,v", found 
>>>"C:/cvsrepository/sandbox\eConnector/192.168.1.5.crt,v"
>>>
>>>I understand that it's expecting forward slash , not backward slash. My 
>>>CVSNT version is 2.0.24
>>>and repository prefix is C:/cvsrepository with valid repository roots 
>>>being /sandbox. What changes do i need to make before viewcvs can work 
>>>successfully taking into view that it's in production and i do not want 
>>>to make unnecessary changes that will change the current repository if 
>>>possible.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Alvin
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>You have probably installed using a slightly old installer. Based on
>>recent reports on this problem and the supplied solutions I did a new
>>not so long ago.
>>You can download the newest one from my site or else download the
>>sources zipfile and look for the two files that have changed and
>>replace them.
>>These are the changed files:
>>1) lib/vclib/bincvs/__init__.py (makes sure \ is changed to /)
>>2) lib/viewcvs.py (adds a few new extensions to enscript highlighting)
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>>The first changed file is the one you need.
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>>
>>/Bo
>>(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)
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