[cvsnt] Why does CVSNT not update some folders????

Arvind Raman arvind_raman at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 13 08:38:13 GMT 2003


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I too have seen a similar behaviour bugging my 
colleagues but as Jeff, did not really go behind
solving the problem.
Just wanted to ask though, is ur sandbox on a
networked
drive? Mine is. I was thinking if the networked drive
could be the cause of the problem. Atleast I have seen
discussions on the forum discouraging a sandbox on a
networked drive.

Arvind

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org]On Behalf
> Of Jeff Urlwin
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:32 AM
> To: 'Boyd Meier'; bo.berglund at telia.com; 'Glen
Starrett';
> cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Why does CVSNT not update some
folders????
> 
> 
> FYI -- I've seen this behavior before and simply
manually 
> fixed the Entries
> 
> file.  I haven't 'officially' reported or researched
"why", 
> as I'm using
> 
> older versions of CVS than what is current.  It
definitely 
> happened to me
> 
> with the 57j build...
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> 
> > What I've seen in this situation is that the top
level cvs 
> 
> > directory does not have a record of the existence
of module4. 
> 
> >  That makes the update skip it, since it's
updating all the 
> 
> > things in the top level directory Entries file. 
I'm not sure 
> 
> > how best to resolve it, but I've gone back and
manually 
> 
> > edited the entries files to add the directory
before.  
> 
> > Ideally, an update/co of a specific submodule from
a top 
> 
> > level directory would also modify that top level
directory's 
> 
> > Entries file.  I can see that that might be
difficult in the 
> 
> > general case, though.
> 
> > 
> 
> > 	Boyd
> 
> > 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> 
> > From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> 
> > [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Bo
Berglund
> 
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:42 PM
> 
> > To: 'Glen Starrett'; cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> 
> > Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Why does CVSNT not update
some folders????
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Well,
> 
> > I might have checked out the various submodules of
the top 
> 
> > module at different times and there might have
nbeen 
> 
> > different versions of CVSNT living both on the
server and 
> the client.
> 
> > 
> 
> > But my main question is really this:
> 
> > Where does CVSNT keep its checkout data except in
the CVS 
> 
> > subdirectories? AFAICT the CVS folder in the
parent directory 
> 
> > contains all needed info in the Entries and
Entries.Extra 
> 
> > files to define my Module4 as a submodule. And the
CVS folder 
> 
> > in Module4 contains valid info concerning the
files and 
> 
> > folders contained therein. This is witnessed by
the fact that 
> 
> > an update started from the Module4 folder runs
without a 
> 
> > hitch. But an update one level up does not even go
down into 
> 
> > Module4 and if I add the flag for creating the
directories 
> 
> > then I get the "move away" error messages. So
there *must* be 
> 
> > some extra trick being played here that makes
Module4 
> 
> > different from all the other modules even though
the Entries 
> 
> > files in the parent CVS folder lists Module4 as a
directory 
> 
> > just as the other modules.
> 
> > 
> 
> > Really puzzling!
> 
> > 
> 
> > BTW, if I move away the Module4 folder (rename to
something 
> 
> > else) and do an update with create folder flag set
then of 
> 
> > course Module4 is recreated. But that was really
not my 
> 
> > issue, I want to understand what is going on.
> 
> > 
> 
> > /Bo
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> 
> > From: Glen Starrett [mailto:grstarrett at cox.net]
> 
> > Sent: den 12 november 2003 00:03
> 
> > To: bo.berglund at telia.com; cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> 
> > Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Why does CVSNT not update
some folders????
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > > When I do an update on Tools only 4 out of the 5
submodules get
> 
> > > updated and if I check the "create missing 
> directories..." checkbox 
> 
> > > the update issues a lot of error messages
telling me to 
> 
> > move away the 
> 
> > > files cause they are in the way.
> 
> > 
> 
> > Did you try:
> 
> > 
> 
> > --moving the offending directory,
> 
> > --removing it's CVS directories,
> 
> > --cvs up -d Tools
> 
> > 
> 
> > I'm guessing it's likely a case sensitivity
problem or 
> 
> > missing Module4\CVS folder or similar.  Just let
CVS 
> 
> > straighten itself out.
> 
> > 
> 
> > Awhile ago I had thought you could just check out
a module 
> 
> > within another sandbox (or perhaps move one in
later after it 
> 
> > was updated), but that didn't work as I had
expected when I 
> 
> > tried it later.  Did you create this using a
non-standard method?
> 
> > 
> 
> > Regards,
> 
> > 
> 
> > Glen Starrett
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
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