[cvsnt] Re: Absolute module reference invalid error

[Webmaster33]

> >> Server CVS version
> >Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.51d (client/server)
> Arcane to say the least! Why not use a supported recent version?
> If you wanted to *start* working with CVSNT why in the world did you
> choose the CVSNT server as version 2.0.51d???
> That is a several years old unsupported and buggy version!

That one was shipped with the WinCVS client.
And I installed the latest stable CVSNT and the Control Panel
was not working in it. Double clicking on it, did not pop up a window.


> XP-Pro or XP-Home????
> If you have XP-Home then it is unsuited for a CVSNT server...
Windows XP-Pro


> >> Client CVS version
> >v2.0.2.4 (Build 4)
> THis is not a CVS version at all. You are probably referring to the
> *WinCvs* client GUI front end version. But that is of no use until you
> have gotten the basics to work. So again: which cvs version are you
> using on the client?
Then I don't know, what you are asking.
How can I check client cvs version?

 
> The cvs command foir checkout is this:
> cvs -d <cvsroot> checkout module
> 
> where cvs is the program itself of course,  <cvsroot> is the
> connection string specifying the protocol, server and repository,
> checkout is the cvs command you want to execute and module specifies
> what to check out.
> All of these components are needed. But the -d <cvsroot> part can be
> omitted if you have a CVSROOT environment variable set to the value
> you want to use.

I tried, and this is the result:
cvs -d E:\temp\test_cvs checkout E:\temp\test_cvs 
cvs checkout: cwd=E:\temp\test_cvs\CVSROOT\Z\Work ,current=E:\temp\test_cvs\CVSROOT\Z\Work
cvs [checkout aborted]: Absolute module reference invalid: `E:\temp\test_cvs'
***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****


> Which checkout advice?

This and similar others, which gives advice, how to 
convert RCS repositories to CVS:
http://www.cvsnt.org/wiki/Rcs2Cvs
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#Can_I_convert_an_RCS_directory_into_a_CVS_directory.3F


Thanks,
Webmaster33


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On 2006.05.23. at 15:15 Bo Berglund wrote:

> On Tue, 23 May 2006 14:11:55 +0200, "Webmaster33"
> <webmaster33 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >> Server CVS version
> >Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.51d (client/server)
> Arcane to say the least! Why not use a supported recent version?
> 
> >> Server operating system
> >Windows XP
> XP-Pro or XP-Home????
> If you have XP-Home then it is unsuited for a CVSNT server...
> 
> >
> >> Client CVS version
> >v2.0.2.4 (Build 4)
> THis is not a CVS version at all. You are probably referring to the
> *WinCvs* client GUI front end version. But that is of no use until you
> have gotten the basics to work. So again: which cvs version are you
> using on the client?
> 
> >
> >> Client operating system
> >Windows XP
> XP-Pro or XP-Home????
> 
> >> Client GUI type/version (this looks like a WinCvs dialogue)
> >WinCVS v2.0.2.4 (Build 4)
> >
> >
> >> Did you test a completely new installation?
> >
> >Yes, a completely new installation.
> 
> If you wanted to *start* working with CVSNT why in the world did you
> choose the CVSNT server as version 2.0.51d???
> That is a several years old unsupported and buggy version!
> 
> Look here to install the server side decently:
> http://web.telia.com/~u86216177/InstallCVSNT25.html
> 
> For WinCvs there is a tutorial here that can also be useful:
> http://people.freenet.de/ogiesen/wincvsnt-tour-readme.html
> 
> >
> >> Why did you not specify *WHAT* to check out?
> 
> The cvs command foir checkout is this:
> cvs -d <cvsroot> checkout module
> 
> where cvs is the program itself of course,  <cvsroot> is the
> connection string specifying the protocol, server and repository,
> checkout is the cvs command you want to execute and module specifies
> what to check out.
> All of these components are needed. But the -d <cvsroot> part can be
> omitted if you have a CVSROOT environment variable set to the value
> you want to use.
> 
> >I would at least want to start working with CVSNT, but
> >I can not even able to import the old RCS repository 
> >from CS-RCS application.
> 
> I would advice you to *first* get the basic server and client stuff
> working *before* you start trying to convert old data into the CVSNT
> repository. That way you will know what it is that is causing
> problems. Right now it looks like *everything* is no good...
> >
> >I did read, that since CS-RCS uses the RCS inside.
> 
> Well, RCS is a predecessor to CVS and I do not have any knowledge if
> the RCS files used by RCS are the same format as those used by CVS.
> Hopefully someone with more knowledge can step in here and enlighten
> us all.
> 
> >Advices says, RCS and CVS are different mainly in their
> >directory structure. So I should copy the repository tree
> >simply into the CVSROOT.
> Could be true, depending on the contents of the RCS files. You have to
> consult RCS documentation for that.
> 
> >Then I need to do a checkout according to the advices.
> 
> Which checkout advice?
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> /Bo
> (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)
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