Re: (Hopefully) simple $CVSROOT question

[Sarah Gonzales]

On Mar 22, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Alexander von Below wrote:

> I am trying to use the Apple Rendevouz name (myServer.local) of my 
> server in my cvs root path, and have been almost succesful. Using cvs 
> -d :ext:myServer.local/whatever/path/cvsrep works great, just like 
> setting the CVSROOT environment variable to 
> myServer.local/whatever/path/cvsrep
>
> However, when I do any work from the sandbox (i.e. status), I get the 
> message:
>
> "cvs <command>: ignoring CVS/Root because it does not contain an 
> absolute pathname"
>
> The command works however, as expected.
>
> Unlike when I checkout with -d, the Root file does not contain an 
> access method. It seems I can not set the access method (:ext:) in the 
> CVSROOT environment variable, and I have found no other place to set 
> it.
> This is more of an inconvenience than an error, but does anyone have 
> an idea what I could do about it?

the Root file *should* indeed contain the access method - you can add 
it manually if you need to, although this should *not* be necessary.

        :ext:myServer.local/whatever/path/cvsrep

1. make sure there are no spaces in your Rendevous name - the Rendevous 
name is basically synonymous with localhost, so... if necessary 
(assuming you're accessing CVS on your local box), use localhost 
instead.

2. One downside of Rendevous that I have noticed is that it apparently 
is not capable of looking on the local net for identical Rendevous 
names - if competing names exist, as of Jaguar (haven't checked this in 
Panther, I'm using Panther), neither machine would be accessible via 
Rendevous.

3. Rendevous does NOT currently cross subnets, so... I assume this 
isn't the issue since you are apparently able to check it out.

I tried using the Rendevous name to access our CVS repository using 
pserver method and it worked like a champ.

Try the above and see if anything works for you.
thx,