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> -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Kynaston [mailto:akynaston at novell.com] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:44 PM > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook; Lawson.Reed > Subject: RE: [cvsnt] The command line is too long. > > Alexandre just asked what versions you're using . .I'd like to hear > that too. Sorry. Should have stated that in the beginning.... WinCvs 1.3.13.3 beta 13 build 1 CVSNT: 2.0.2 (shipped with above) Thanks, - Reed. > Aaron Kynaston > akynaston at novell.com > office: (801) 861-6709 > cell: (801) 368-8633 > fax: (801) 861-6778 > Novell Inc., The leading provider in net services software. > www.novell.com > > >>> "Lawson.Reed" <Reed.Lawson at IGT.com> 8/18/2003 1:25:14 PM >>> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aaron Kynaston [mailto:akynaston at novell.com] > > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:30 AM > > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook; Lawson.Reed > > Subject: Re: [cvsnt] The command line is too long. > > > > > > Hum. . . if it is a command line that is too long (i.e. the -m > message > > is too big), then why don't you simply not specify the -m, and let > the > > notepad(or other editor) appear? > > The strange thing is, the command line is NOT too long. Its > only about 100 characters. I have used CVS with Much Much > longer command lines with no trouble. It seems to be expanded inside > cvs because of the 1300 or so files it finds in that directory. > I am wondering why cvs can not make its own buffer bigger with > "malloc()". > > > What is the full command you're using? > > I included that in its entirety in the original post. > between the ----8<---- 's lines. Its what is printed in > the WinCVS shell window. It is nothing unusual. Its what > commit does when you do not supply file names: It assumes > you want to commit everything that is commitable. In my > case, that turns out to be about 1300 files. But if it > needs to make a list of all files internally, and it neglected > to alloc enough space, then that's a bug in CVS not any limit > in the shell, Right? > > Thanks, > __________________________________ > Reed Lawson > IGT Firmware Engineering > (775) 448-0755 > > > > > > Aaron Kynaston > > akynaston at novell.com > > office: (801) 861-6709 > > cell: (801) 368-8633 > > fax: (801) 861-6778 > > Novell Inc., The leading provider in net services software. > > www.novell.com > > > > >>> "Lawson.Reed" <Reed.Lawson at IGT.com> 8/18/2003 10:40:19 AM >>> > > Hi, > > > > We recently went live on our new CVSNT server after about 3 months > of > > preparation. > > Its the first working day after that. So far so good. > > > > But one thing that just came up was someone was putting in a major > > development branch in our library (about 1300 files) and he added > the > > branch tag just fine, then tried to commit. > > ------------------------------8<------------------------------ > > -------------- > > ------- > > cvs commit -m "Commit for lib12xxx_branch. This branch will live on > > top of > > MD3 for NYL develop..." (in directory > E:\WORK\lib12xxx\library\main\) > > cvs commit: Examining . > > The command line is too long. > > > > cvs server: Pre-commit check failed > > cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first! > > > > > > ***** CVS exited normally with code 1 ***** > > ------------------------------8<------------------------------ > > -------------- > > ------- > > > > To me, the command line looks rather short :-) He ended up > committing > > it in > > three pieces. Is there some internally generated command line that > it > > is > > complaining about? Can that space be dynamically allocated? > > > > Thanks, > > __________________________________ > > Reed Lawson > > IGT Firmware Engineering > > (775) 448-0755 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cvsnt mailing list > > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs > > _______________________________________________ > > cvsnt mailing list > > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs > > > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs >