# What to do if git-cvsimport/cvsps hangs? 4 messages from 2007-12-12 to 2007-12-14. Participants: Florian Weimer, Andreas Ericsson, Michael Haggerty, Jakub Narebski. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11257 ## Florian Weimer, 2007-12-12 09:30 Subject: What to do if git-cvsimport/cvsps hangs? Message-ID: <824peojm4g.fsf@mid.bfk.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/824peojm4g.fsf%40mid.bfk.de ``` This is probably more of a cvsps question than a GIT question, but AFAICT, the cvsps upstream is mostly inactive these days. I tried to import the PostgreSQL repository, using git-cvsimport -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot -k -C pgsql pgsql However, after a bit of activity, git-cvsimport hangs at the following line cvs rlog: Logging pgsql/src/win32 strace doesn't show any system call activtiy in the cvsps process (which consumes 100% CPU). cvsps is Debian's 2.1-2 version. Is there some kind of replacement for cvsps which works more reliably? -- Florian Weimer BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 ``` ## Andreas Ericsson, 2007-12-12 15:54 Subject: Re: What to do if git-cvsimport/cvsps hangs? Message-ID: <4760041D.4030606@op5.se> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4760041D.4030606%40op5.se In-Reply-To: <824peojm4g.fsf@mid.bfk.de> ``` Florian Weimer wrote: > This is probably more of a cvsps question than a GIT question, but > AFAICT, the cvsps upstream is mostly inactive these days. > > I tried to import the PostgreSQL repository, using > > git-cvsimport -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot -k -C pgsql pgsql > > However, after a bit of activity, git-cvsimport hangs at the following > line > > cvs rlog: Logging pgsql/src/win32 > > strace doesn't show any system call activtiy in the cvsps process > (which consumes 100% CPU). cvsps is Debian's 2.1-2 version. > > Is there some kind of replacement for cvsps which works more reliably? > I think "git fast-import" has a CVS frontend. I'm not sure though, so I leave finding out and trying it as an exercise for you ;-) It requires file access to the CVS repository, afaiu. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 ``` ## Michael Haggerty, 2007-12-12 15:58 Subject: Re: What to do if git-cvsimport/cvsps hangs? Message-ID: <47600521.7080604@alum.mit.edu> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/47600521.7080604%40alum.mit.edu In-Reply-To: <824peojm4g.fsf@mid.bfk.de> ``` Florian Weimer wrote: > This is probably more of a cvsps question than a GIT question, but > AFAICT, the cvsps upstream is mostly inactive these days. > > I tried to import the PostgreSQL repository, using > > git-cvsimport -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot -k -C pgsql pgsql > > However, after a bit of activity, git-cvsimport hangs at the following > line [...] > > Is there some kind of replacement for cvsps which works more reliably? Yes, cvs2svn, which can now also output to git. But note: cvs2svn only supports one-time conversions (not incremental), you need to use the trunk version of cvs2svn, and using it to convert to git is not yet documented very well. See the following thread: http://marc.info/?l=git&m=118592701426175&w=4 Please let us know how it goes! Michael ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2007-12-14 01:56 Subject: Re: What to do if git-cvsimport/cvsps hangs? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m3sl26qbth.fsf%40roke.D-201 In-Reply-To: <824peojm4g.fsf@mid.bfk.de> ``` Florian Weimer writes: > This is probably more of a cvsps question than a GIT question, but > AFAICT, the cvsps upstream is mostly inactive these days. > > I tried to import the PostgreSQL repository, using > > git-cvsimport -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot -k -C pgsql pgsql > > However, after a bit of activity, git-cvsimport hangs at the following > line > > cvs rlog: Logging pgsql/src/win32 > > strace doesn't show any system call activtiy in the cvsps process > (which consumes 100% CPU). cvsps is Debian's 2.1-2 version. > > Is there some kind of replacement for cvsps which works more reliably? You can try set of patches to cvsps there (see GitLinks at Git Wiki, or git-cvsimport entry at InterfacesFrontendsAndTools) http://ydirson.free.fr/en/software/scm/cvsps.html Or you can try other CVS importers (see InterfacesForntendsAndTools): - parsecvs by Keith Packard, used to import X.Org, seems to be unmaintaned, requires access to *,v files (but check out cvssuck) - fromcvs by Simon 'corecode' Schubert, uses git-fast-import, IIRC in Ruby - cvs2svn has _experimental_ support for git export (git-fast-import?) so you can try this as well. -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git ```