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Re: git-cvsserver wart?

From
Cameron McBride <cameron.mcbride@gmail.com>
Date
May 26, 2006, 03:57 UTC
Message-ID
<dcedf5e20605252057n28e77bbdt8094498ce8d496a0@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/25/06, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/26/06, Cameron McBride <cameron.mcbride@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok. You might want to retain that latest, it has some further fixes ;-)
sounds good.
> Yes, I was guessing as much. I am still curious about what parameters
> (and in what order) cvs 1.11.7 sends...
sure!  now that I know CVS_CLIENT_LOG exists ... ;)

It points in basically the same direction, which is to say the newer client passes an 'Argument -- ' which is what git-cvsserver seems to be choking on.

The 'in' versions of the two noup: cvs 1.11.1p1 that failed plane cvs update work: cvs 1.11.17 that worked

--- cvs_noup.log.in 2006-05-25 23:44:21.000000000 -0400 +++ cvs_work.log.in 2006-05-25 23:48:38.000000000 -0400

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Root /export/home/cameron/ws/git_test/ntropy.git
-Valid-responses ok error Valid-requests Checked-in New-entry Checksum
Copy-file Updated Created Update-existing Merged Patched Rcs-diff Mode
Mod-time Removed Remove-entry Set-static-directory
Clear-static-directory Set-sticky Clear-sticky Template
Set-checkin-prog Set-update-prog Notified Module-expansion
Wrapper-rcsOption M Mbinary E F MT
+Valid-responses ok error Valid-requests Checked-in New-entry Checksum
Copy-file Updated Created Update-existing Merged Patched Rcs-diff Mode
Mod-time Removed Remove-entry Set-static-directory
Clear-static-directory Set-sticky Clear-sticky Template Notified
Module-expansion Wrapper-rcsOption M Mbinary E F MT
 valid-requests
+Argument --
 Directory .
 /export/home/cameron/ws/git_test/ntropy.git/master
 Entry /.gitignore/1.1///

Thanks for your help!

Cameron
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