[revml] VCP::Source::cvs complains "Absolute module reference invalid:"

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 15:44:27 -0800

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Dimitry --

Thanks for your reply. I tried to use SVK and it worked after some help 
from Chia Liang Kao. The problem indeed turned out to be the repository 
URL. The "correct" URL was something like: 

    -d:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/sugarcrm:sugarcrm/...

, the / and ellipsis at the end being important. A bit peculiar (maybe 
because of the p4 ancestry of VCP :-) but it worked for me.

Cheers,
Alex

Dimitry Andric wrote on 11/07/2004 12:25 PM:

>On 2004-11-03 at 21:15:19 Alex wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I am trying to VCP from a CVS repo and getting this error message:
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>    cvs -Q -z9
>>    -d:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/sugarcrm checkout
>>    -r1.1 -p /sugarcrm/LICENSE returned 1 not 0
>>    stderr:
>>        cvs [checkout aborted]: Absolute module reference invalid:
>>    `/sugarcrm/LICENSE'
>>    
>>
>
>I've run into this too, although for a slightly other reason.  The
>cause is probably an invalid CVSROOT, and in your case a colon is
>missing between the hostname and the directory specification.
>
>So you will need to change:
>
>  CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/sugarcrm
>
>into
>
>  CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sugarcrm
>
>In my case, I was using a local repository:
>
>  CVSROOT=/home/cvs
>
>which resulted in precisely the same error message.  It had to be
>changed to:
>
>  CVSROOT=:local:/home/cvs
>
>Note that CVS itself accepts either syntax for local repositories, but
>vcp apparently does not.
>  
>

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Dimitry -- 
 
Thanks for your reply. I tried to use SVK and it worked after some help
from Chia Liang Kao. The problem indeed turned out to be the repository
URL. The "correct" URL was something like:&nbsp; 
<blockquote>-d:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/sugarcrm:sugarcrm/... 
</blockquote>
, the / and ellipsis at the end being important. A bit peculiar (maybe
because of the p4 ancestry of VCP :-) but it worked for me. 
 
Cheers, 
Alex 
 
 
Dimitry Andric wrote on 11/07/2004 12:25 PM:
<blockquote cite="mid816980804.20041107212542@andric.com" type="cite">
 <pre wrap="">On 2004-11-03 at 21:15:19 Alex wrote:

  </pre>
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    <pre wrap="">I am trying to VCP from a CVS repo and getting this error message:
    </pre>
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  </pre>
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    <pre wrap="">    cvs -Q -z9
    -d:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/sugarcrm checkout
    -r1.1 -p /sugarcrm/LICENSE returned 1 not 0
    stderr:
        cvs [checkout aborted]: Absolute module reference invalid:
    `/sugarcrm/LICENSE'
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
I've run into this too, although for a slightly other reason.  The
cause is probably an invalid CVSROOT, and in your case a colon is
missing between the hostname and the directory specification.

So you will need to change:

  <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/sugarcrm">CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/sugarcrm</a>

into

  <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sugarcrm">CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sugarcrm</a>

In my case, I was using a local repository:

  CVSROOT=/home/cvs

which resulted in precisely the same error message.  It had to be
changed to:

  CVSROOT=:local:/home/cvs

Note that CVS itself accepts either syntax for local repositories, but
vcp apparently does not.
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