Closed Bug 66782 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

RFE: use GUI cvs client to checkout mozilla code

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, enhancement)

x86
Windows 2000
enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED INVALID

People

(Reporter: r_pollak, Assigned: leaf)

Details

I'd like to use WinCvs 1.0.6 (http://cvsgui.org/, http://sourceforge.net/projects/cvsgui/) to check out mozilla code for work, but I cannot do this because the checkout process requires http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/client.mak to be executed (as documented in http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html), which calls the command line cvs version. Workaround: use the command line cvs as provided at http://www.cvshome.org/dev/codewindow.html. I also forward this to Alexandre Parenteau (aubonbeurre@hotmail.com), the developer of WinCvs. (Cc'ing is not possible because he is not registered at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/)
Assignee: cls → leaf
windows.
I used WinCVS, you have to copy the command lines. I don't do this anymore, if it hang's it leaves the file in the read only state.
I'm not sure what E this bug is asking for. If you're asking for us to change the way checkouts are done from using a pull script to using a single cvs module, i'm afraid that's not likely to happen. You might want to file an RFE with wincvs to be callable from the commandline so that we can create a cvs macro for client.mak to use. Leaving unconfirmed until we get feedback from original filer.
Well, forget about this bug. Sorry for wasting your time. It is now clear to me that things works like this: 1) run the makefile to pull the code from several cvs modules (or get the tarball via ftp, which I did because I'm behind a firewall) 2) use WinCvs, if preferred, to put the code as mozilla "vendor branch" into a local cvs repository and to track the own changes there.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
VERIFIED INVALID.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
Not sure why this isnt invalid. Marking as such.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago24 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Stephend f**ked up :) verifying for real.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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