Re: cvsimport weird

From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: May 18, 2006, 02:54 UTC
Message-ID: <46a038f90605171954n7e75ee64t412b22e8d405d909@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4fb292fa0605171800n4f041dd2l8af06d82bdbe6bff@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/18/06, Bertrand Jacquin <beber.mailing@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> I would like to make some git-cvsimport test on a public repo. And I
> get some problem and don't know if it's a remote server
> (enlightenment) problem or a git-cvsimport one.
>
> Here is the log :
>
> /mnt/data/src/e-tmp % git-cvsimport -v
> -d:pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.enlightenment.org:/var/cvs/e e17
> connect error: Network is unreachable
> WARNING: malformed CVS version str: Server:
> WARNING: Your CVS client version:
> [Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.12 (client)]
> and/or server version:
> [Server: ]
> are too old to properly support the rlog command.
> This command was introduced in 1.11.1.  Cvsps
> will use log instead, but PatchSet numbering
> may become unstable due to pruned empty
> directories.

The cvs server is strange -- buggy probably. cvsps thinks it is old, but it is not even returning a version string. Is it really cvs?

> cvs [log aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

The remote end is dying on you.

> I don't why it tell me that Network is unreachable as I can do normal
> cvs checkout.

I think it is the remote end that is saying Network unreachable. Perhaps it is a cvs proxy that only allows some commands?

> Also, I have the repo in another directory, and I don't know how to
> use a :local: CVSROOT

   git-cvsimport -d /tmp/cvsrepo/ modulename

should work ok. You should also try parsecvs ;-)