3 messages in com.perforce.revml(Fwd) Re: [revml] why do the VCP "cvs...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Barrie Slaymaker | 25 Jul 2001 03:33 | |
| Urs Rau | 25 Jul 2001 03:59 | |
| Barrie Slaymaker | 25 Jul 2001 05:15 |
| Subject: | (Fwd) Re: [revml] why do the VCP "cvs tests" fail with commit |
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| From: | Barrie Slaymaker (barr...@slaysys.com) |
| Date: | 07/25/2001 03:33:02 AM |
| List: | com.perforce.revml |
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 07:19:13AM +0100, Urs Rau wrote:
My msg bounced back from you with dns errors.After seeing your post on the list I hoep you got it sorted and am resending it - just in case.
Thanks. I don't see it in the list archives either, and I see that the list was CCed. I also have had trouble getting through to the list, but you're the first person (other than me) that I've seen have that problem. Perforce is looking in to this, I beleive.
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From: "Urs Rau" <urs....@uk.om.org>
To: barries <barr...@slaysys.com>, rev...@perforce.com
Date sent: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 08:44:51 +0100
Subject: Re: [revml] why do the VCP "cvs tests" fail with commit
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OK here comes the error msg taken form the logfile:
Directory /tmp/cvsroot/foo/a/deeply/buried added to the repository vcp: unexpected stderr from 'cvs': cvs: cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root' vcp: /usr/bin/cvs -Q -z9 -d/tmp/cvsroot commit -m comment 1 a/deeply/buried/file returned 1 not 0
Googling for that error message turns up a few mailing list messages that diagnose it as a problem when running cvs from a consol logged in as root, and recommends logging in as a normal user and su-ing to root. Apparently, cvs wants a "real" username and it can find it if you "su" (but not if you "su -").
This will make it awkward for anyone who installs vcp from root login, so I'll put a check in to my test suite to see if I can run things as nobody or a few other usernames.
Interestingly, http://teoma.com/ doesn't give nearly as usable a result set, but does lead me to a few CVS manuals.
FWIW, your mailer's wrapping lines on you.
- Barrie