Re: Problem doing top level update with 1.8.0 and 1 .8.1

Thanks for the help, updated to new version and migrated old
repository over and everything is working great!

Thanks
John Pajak


On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:52:57 -0400, Andrew Herron
<andrew.herron-/km7iihwSm0AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> They are, but a couple of problems you may encounter:
> 
> * CVSNT extended the RCS file format at some point, so any tools you may
> use
>  to parse the RCS files (viewcvs) will need upgrading.  Any file you
> commit
>  after the upgrade will be converted (new properties for each commit).
> * If you use Eclipse, you may run into problems due to its use of a
> custom
>  CVS client.
> 
> The devs I work with who use Eclipse reported commits that were not
> found in subsequent updates (which is the main reason we rolled back to
> 1.11).  Also, Eclipse breaks completely in the latest CVSNT.
> http://www.cvsnt.org/mantis/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000109
> 
> I'm not saying don't upgrade, but keep in mind the file format changes
> often have unintended side effects.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> To: Andreas Tscharner
> Cc: John Pajak; 
> tortoisecvs-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [TortoiseCVS] Problem doing top level update with 1.8.0 and
> 1 .8.1
> 
> Ok we are in the process of moving to a new server anyway, so thats
> not a problem. One thing though, are all the repository files
> backwards compatible? Meaning is there any issue with just copying
> over the old repository directory to the new server with the newer
> version of cvsnt?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> John
> 
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:51:48 +0200, Andreas Tscharner
> <andreas.tscharner-MbjpOyQ2ahQfv37vnLkPlQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > We're running CVSNT 1.11.1.3 (build 65)
> >
> > I strongly (I mean it!) suggest you to update to 2.0.58a (or wait one
> or two
> > days and update to 2.0.58b). CVSNT < 2.0.0 is REALLY outdated, meaning
> there
> > are countless bugfixes in the new version.
> >
> > Best regards
> >        Andreas
> > --
> > Andreas Tscharner                
> > andreas.tscharner-MbjpOyQ2ahQfv37vnLkPlQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion
> > with confidence.                  -- Murphy's Technology Law 2
> >
> 
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