Re: git-cvsserver wart?

From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: May 26, 2006, 03:23 UTC
Message-ID: <46a038f90605252023v5ff3fd65l9a991b3bbfa0a024@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <dcedf5e20605252011v6738dc9dg3d4801144d3e9898@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/26/06, Cameron McBride <cameron.mcbride@gmail.com> wrote:

> sorry, my bad. This error was discovered using the git stable, v1.3.3.
>  Grabbing the latest at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
> showed the same problem.

Ok. You might want to retain that latest, it has some further fixes ;-)

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> > If that doesn't fix it, can you post the logs? I think you have to
> > declare CVS_LOG=/tmp/cvslog or somesuch.
>
> I'm assuming you mean the log from git-cvsserver (set via git/config
> with logfile=...)

I was actually thinking of setting the environment at the client end: CVS_CLIENT_LOG, http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#$CVS_CLIENT_LOG but it looks like you've got it mostly sorted.

> Besides the log cutoff in the broken attempt, it appears the culprit
> is a lack of arguments being passed down as that is the only
> difference in the logs.

Yes, I was guessing as much. I am still curious about what parameters (and in what order) cvs 1.11.7 sends...

> To quiet it down and get it to run - a crude hack seemed to work

It looks reasonable as a means to shut it up, but perhaps if we can figure out what the client is telling us... ;-)

martin