[news.eclipse.tools] Re: M4 - problem connecting to a local cvs reposito

[Scott Eade <seade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Michael.

In my reply to Bob's post I was on the right track for the symptom, but not
the actual problem.  It turns out that the problem is Mac OS X specific and
has to do with the caching of input values.  I have reported the problem in
bugzilla and provided a workaround.

http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=29198

Cheers,

Scott

On 10/01/2003 1:42 AM, in article 3E1D8A5C.5060308@xxxxxxx, "Michael
Valenta" <Michael_Valenta@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Scott,
> 
> Do you mean to say that you can't create a second location with the
> correct path (i.e. case change from original). I tried it and it worked
> no problem (on windows). You can discard a location using the popup menu
> in the CVS Repositories View which will remove the location from Eclipse.
> 
> Michael
> 
> Scott Eade wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bob,
>> 
>> I have an empty passwd file in the CVSROOT directory of my cvs repository -
>> I read somewhere that this will make cvs use the system passwords.
>> 
>> I can connect successfully to repositories located on other machines and I
>> can connect to my local repository from the shell using pserver and my
>> system password (interestingly I can do this even when the CVSROOT/passwd
>> file doesn't exist).
>> 
>> I think I have tracked the problem down.  When I originally entered the path
>> to the repository into Eclipse I entered one of the characters in the wrong
>> case.  Try as I might, I can't change this in Eclipse (it keeps trying to
>> help me by providing the incorrect value and it won't let me replace it).
>> I'm using Mac OS X which has a case-preserving, but case-insensitive file
>> system, but it seems that inetd is discarding the request because it is in
>> fact case-sensitive.  I have just tested this at the command line and yes, I
>> cannot connect from the shell if the case of the repository path is
>> incorrect.
>> 
>> As I see it I now have two solutions:
>> 1. Figure out how to clear or edit the cache of repository paths being
>> maintained by Eclipse.
>> 2. Change the inetd.conf for the machine so that the cvspserver line
>> includes the typo
>> 
>> The preferable solution is to fix the Eclipse cache - anybody know how to do
>> this?  Depending on whether or not I receive any responses I may post this
>> as a new question - many with a clue as to the answer may not have read this
>> far ;-)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Scott  
>> 
>> On 9/01/2003 12:51 PM, in article avina6$iou$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Bob Foster"
>> <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Yeah, sure. Do it all the time. I don't remember anything special, but what
>>> takes the place of cvs login in eclipse is when you add a repository and
>>> specify the location, your cvs user name and password. In that wizard, it
>>> tries to make a connection when you click next. If this doesn't work, you've
>>> specified something wrong. If it does, there should be no further problem.
>>> 
>>> (Is the problem you don't have a passwd set up?)
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
>> 
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