Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:14:16 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "C. Michailidis" <dinom@balstonresearch.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup for sourceforge & other similar sites. Message-ID: <20050826101416.GB15453@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <200508260042.27257.dinom@balstonresearch.com> References: <20050825233435.2C23816A443@hub.freebsd.org> <200508260042.27257.dinom@balstonresearch.com>
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On 2005-08-26 00:42, "C. Michailidis" <dinom@balstonresearch.com> wrote: >> I am wanting to cvs automatically - but I seem to fail to get into >> sourceforge (either command line or using cron) -- by using cvsup on >> the ports tree I have become lazy and confused by the cvs manual!! (I >> do wish freebsd manuals had more detailed examples!!). I used to do >> this stuff regularly (longer ago than I care to admit) - but it takes >> time to get back into it! Here are a few of of my tries (as root): >> >> dns1# cvs -f -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/eclipsexul login > > Using command-line cvs is sooooo 1990's LOL. Still, the problem remains. Something is broken in this particular case and that is *NOT* the CVSROOT environment value the original poster is using. > The funny thing is, you're trying to checkout/update a project > designed for Eclipse, but you haven't considered using Eclipse > itself?!??! The cvs integration that the Eclipse IDE provides is > pretty darn good (IMHO). No, the funny thing is that this is a server side problem, but you seem to believe, for some reason, that switching clients is going to fix it :-/ Sorry, it won't.
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