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[Alexey Mahotkin]

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Copyright (C) 2001 Alexey Mahotkin and respectful contributors

Maintainer: Alexey Mahotkin <address@hidden>
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Revision: $Id: info-cvs-faq,v 1.1 2001/01/27 16:42:24 alexm Exp $


0. PREAMBLE
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1. META-QUESTIONS
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2. PSERVER SETUP
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Q: I have setup CVS-pserver, and now when I'm trying to do

        $ cvs checkout 

it says: 
cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied


A: Workaround: You could create small .sh-file:

= my-pserver.sh ====
#!/bin/sh
unset HOME
exec /usr/bin/cvs --allow-root=/repository pserver
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And use it in /etc/inetd.conf, instead of calling cvs binary itself:

= /etc/inetd.conf ==
2401  stream  tcp  nowait  root  /usr/local/bin/my-pserver.sh cvs
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This is caused by misfeature in CVS.  :pserver: does not have home
directory and should not try to use it.  There exist patches that fix
that behaviour, if you wish to get rid of that problem once and for
all.


3. GENERAL USAGE
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4. INFRASTRUCTURE
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Q: I have a large MS Visual SourceSafe repository.  How could I
convert it to use it from CVS?

A: All scripts for that purpose that have ever appeared on info-cvs
are collected here:

http://alexm.here.ru/cvs-nserver/download/contrib/vss-to-cvs/

Unfortunately, I have not tested any of these, and could not give you
any advice on usage of these scripts.

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