# trouble getting git cvsimport working 4 messages from 2009-01-10 to 2009-01-10. Participants: Caleb Cushing, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17076 ## Caleb Cushing, 2009-01-10 13:16 Subject: trouble getting git cvsimport working Message-ID: <81bfc67a0901100516w10ea77e8n8734713b071d69b9@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81bfc67a0901100516w10ea77e8n8734713b071d69b9%40mail.gmail.com ``` not sure what I'm doing wrong. actual cvs command cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot co gentoo-x86 what I'm trying git cvsimport -a -v -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org/var/cvsroot/ gentoo-x86 -C portage Initialized empty Git repository in /home/portdev/cvs/portage/.git/ Running cvsps... parse error on third token WARNING: malformed CVS version: no data WARNING: malformed CVS version str: (UNKNOWN CLIENT) WARNING: Your CVS client version: [(UNKNOWN CLIENT)] and/or server version: [(UNKNOWN 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. sh: cvs: command not found DONE; creating master branch fatal: refs/heads/origin: not a valid SHA1 fatal: master: not a valid SHA1 fatal: You are on a branch yet to be born checkout failed: 32768 help would be appreciated. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2009-01-10 14:25 Subject: Re: trouble getting git cvsimport working Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.1.00.0901101524310.30769%40pacific.mpi-cbg.de In-Reply-To: <81bfc67a0901100516w10ea77e8n8734713b071d69b9@mail.gmail.com> ``` Hi, On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Caleb Cushing wrote: > sh: cvs: command not found What's this? Ciao, Dscho ``` ## Caleb Cushing, 2009-01-10 14:35 Subject: Re: trouble getting git cvsimport working Message-ID: <81bfc67a0901100635i4d33c294x393a8d2dfc2b0e0d@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81bfc67a0901100635i4d33c294x393a8d2dfc2b0e0d%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` > > sh: cvs: command not found > > > What's this? does git need more than cvsps to work (I assumed my package manager had installed all needed deps)? I installed cvs after you pointed that out... git cvsimport -a -v -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org/var/cvsroot/ gentoo-x86 -C portage Initialized empty Git repository in /home/portdev/cvs/portage/.git/ Running cvsps... parse error on third token WARNING: malformed CVS version str: Server: (unknown) WARNING: Your CVS client version: [Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.12 (client)] and/or server version: [Server: (unknown)] 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. cvs log: warning: failed to open /home/portdev/.cvspass for reading: No such file or directory cvs log: in directory .: cvs [log aborted]: there is no version here; run 'cvs checkout' first DONE; creating master branch fatal: refs/heads/origin: not a valid SHA1 fatal: master: not a valid SHA1 fatal: You are on a branch yet to be born checkout failed: 32768 -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2009-01-10 14:55 Subject: Re: trouble getting git cvsimport working Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.1.00.0901101553590.30769%40pacific.mpi-cbg.de In-Reply-To: <81bfc67a0901100635i4d33c294x393a8d2dfc2b0e0d@mail.gmail.com> ``` Hi, On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Caleb Cushing wrote: > git cvsimport -a -v -d > :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org/var/cvsroot/ gentoo-x86 -C > portage > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/portdev/cvs/portage/.git/ > Running cvsps... > parse error on third token > WARNING: malformed CVS version str: Server: (unknown) > WARNING: Your CVS client version: > [Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.12 (client)] > and/or server version: > [Server: (unknown)] > 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. This is the problem. > cvs log: warning: failed to open /home/portdev/.cvspass for reading: > No such file or directory > cvs log: in directory .: > cvs [log aborted]: there is no version here; run 'cvs checkout' first And this is the solution: Just try $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org/var/cvsroot/ \ co gentoo-x86 $ cd gentoo-x86 $ git cvsimport -v (I assume it is a live repository, so -a is dangerous.) Hth, Dscho ```