[revml] Trying to debug VCP.

[Alexandros Karypidis]

On Tuesday 16 March 2004 21:46, Barrie Slaymaker wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:40:51AM +0200, Alexandros Karypidis wrote:
> > Hello Barrie,
> >
> > On Monday 15 March 2004 22:32, Barrie Slaymaker wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 05:21:40PM +0200, Alexandros Karypidis 
wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > > Is the following a bug (CVS support still incomplete?) or do I
> > > > run VCP incorrectly? My command line is:
> > >
> > > What version of VCP did you download where?
> > > I'll add a -v command to VCP to emit version information, but for
> > > now if you could tell me where you got VCP and when, it would
> > > help.
> >
> > "vcp -v" says:  Unknown option: v
>
> Yup, I need to add a -v command to VCP :).
>
> > I got VCP with "wget --passive-ftp -m -nH --cut-dirs=1 -X
> > /public/revml/dist ftp://public.perforce.com/public/revml".
> > Basically, I downloaded the code inside the Perforce Public Depot
> > with FTP and compiled it.
>
> Compiled it?  what do you mean?

I guess I mean I simply installed it... :-)
perl Makefile.PL && make && make install

> > I don't think there's a problem with it
> Understood, but it was the best way to capture your situation. 
> Thanks for posting it.  I think the new vcp.exe should fix your
> issue.

Indeed. I tried with the new version and it works. Thanks for the fix!

> And seeing output.revml leads me to the question: what options did
> you use to generate it because I notice that no rev_root was deduced
> from your VSS filespec.

Actually, I did not specify the "rev-root" option at all. I do not know 
what it is. Does that present a problem? I know nothing about VSS. In 
any case you can take a look at: 
http://www.inf.uth.gr/~karypid/vss2revml.vcp

Thanks again for this wonderful tool and your help!

> Thanks,
>
> Barrie
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Alexandros Karypidis
University of Thessaly
Computer & Communications Engineering dept.