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Vincent Predoehl - 22 Jan 2004 04:01 GMT

I need to know how to fill in the 'Remote Hosts' session settings. I keep
getting a message "Some remote host information is missing. Please check
the Remote host options' panel in the session settings. I get this message
whenever I try to do an "import" from the Action Menu. I know how to create
the repository, but I can't seem to get MacCVS to find it. Can someone tell
me how to set this up?

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Isaac Wankerl - 22 Jan 2004 16:39 GMT

> I need to know how to fill in the 'Remote Hosts' session settings. I keep
> getting a message "Some remote host information is missing. Please check
> the Remote host options' panel in the session settings. I get this message
> whenever I try to do an "import" from the Action Menu. I know how to create
> the repository, but I can't seem to get MacCVS to find it. Can someone tell
> me how to set this up?

Here's what I've got to get to the MacCVS Pro sources anonymously.

server hostname: cvs.maccvspro.sourceforge.net
cvs root: /cvsroot/maccvspro
authentication method: password
cvs user name: anonymous
cvs password: <blank>
save password is checked

The default module is maccvs25.

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Vincent Predoehl - 25 Jan 2004 00:15 GMT

> Here's what I've got to get to the MacCVS Pro sources anonymously.
>
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>
> The default module is maccvs25.

I get an error -43 when I do this. I get an error -3201 when I try to
access my local repository. Is there something I need to do in the UNIX
world to make this go? I can't find what the error means in the
documentation.

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Matthew Collett - 22 Jan 2004 19:17 GMT

Using a local repository, I have the settings:

Server Hostname: localhost
CVS Root: /usr/local/cvsrep
Network Timeout: 3 minutes (should be irrelevant for localhost)

Authentication Method: SSH
CVS Username/Password = my OS X startup login name and password.
Save Password checked, Use Keychain unchecked.
CVS Command: cvs

Best wishes,
Matthew Collett

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Vincent Predoehl - 25 Jan 2004 00:15 GMT

> Using a local repository, I have the settings:
>
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> Best wishes,
> Matthew Collett

I get an error -3201 when I try to access my local repository. Is there
something I need to do in the UNIX world to make this go? I can't find what
the error means in the documentation.

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Matthew Collett - 25 Jan 2004 02:00 GMT

> I get an error -3201 when I try to access my local repository. Is there
> something I need to do in the UNIX world to make this go? I can't find what
> the error means in the documentation.

MacErrors.h says:

kENOENTErr = -3201, /* No such file or directory */

and again:

kOTNotFoundErr = -3201, /* OT generic not found error */

So it seems that either a filename is wrong or a file is missing. Are
you sure that:
- the "CVS Root" path for the repository is correct;
- the repository path doesn't contain any nonalphanumeric characters
that might confuse things;
- the repository has been "cvs init"ed so that all the expected
housekeeping files are there.

Best wishes,
Matthew Collett

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Vincent Predoehl - 30 Jan 2004 03:37 GMT

> MacErrors.h says:
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> - the repository has been "cvs init"ed so that all the expected
> housekeeping files are there.

I finally got it working. Two things were holding me back:

1) I had a blank password. Don't do that.

2) I didn't have Built-In Ethernet selected in System Preferences ->
NetWork. I use dialup for internet connection, so I didn't have it checked.
Apparently MacCVS needs it even though there isn't any meaningful
configuration there.

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MW Ron - 25 Jan 2004 19:23 GMT

>> Using a local repository, I have the settings:
>>
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>something I need to do in the UNIX world to make this go? I can't find what
>the error means in the documentation.

I have this FAQ it might affect you.

Ron

Q. I have a weird problem when trying to use CVS through CodeWarrior.

I am able to Add, Update and Commit from CodeWarrior, but neither the
CodeWarrior Diff or the GNU Diff functions work properly. I get "An
unexpected error occurred. The root could not be parsed." in the VCS
Messages window. I think CodeWarrior is having a problem finding the
CVSROOT variable, but it doesn't make sense that the update, add, and
commit seems to work.

You will need o set the CVSROOT to ":local:/volumes/work/cvsrepository"
instead of "/volumes/work/cvsrepository". You needed to do this on
mwCVS for windows for local repositories to work correctly and while it
didn't seem to be true for Pro8 IDE on MacOS X, it seems to cause some
minor headaches now on Pro 9 when using Apple's CVS tool.

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Vincent Predoehl - 25 Jan 2004 01:05 GMT

> Using a local repository, I have the settings:
>
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> Best wishes,
> Matthew Collett

I think I'm having some trouble with this because my machine is not on a
network. When I tried to enable Ethernet, it got a little farther, but it
never could get passed the "Connecting to Server..." phase. Anybody know
how to fix this?

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