[cvsnt] Re: Cannot set CVSNT server to client CVSNT compatibility

Vanier, Alexandre avanier at jamdat.ca
Tue Feb 15 18:59:08 GMT 2005


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Bo Berglund
> Sent: February 15, 2005 1:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: [cvsnt] Re: Cannot set CVSNT server to client 
> CVSNT compatibility
> 
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:02:07 -0500, "Vanier, Alexandre"
> <avanier at jamdat.ca> wrote:
> >Well I'm not trying to accomplish something in particular, but I 
> >tought, that since all the cvs client on the network are all using 
> >CVSNT already (version 2.0.62 also) I guessed that when I saw this 
> >setting I tought that I should set it to CVSNT client compatibility 
> >instead of the generic non-cvsnt client.  But alas, the 
> feature is not 
> >working on my server, anyway I can live without it also.  I 
> was mostly 
> >wondering if it was a bug or not but you confirmed me that 
> it's working on your side.
> >So I guess that my CVSNT server got some problem with that part.
> 
> You still don't understand what this does...
> There are 2 sets of checkboxes, one for the 'Generic 
> non-cvsnt' client and one for the CVSNT client.
> You select which to *display* using the combobox and then you 
> set the flags for that client type. So first set the 
> non-cvsnt to something, then change the combo to cvsnt and 
> set it to something else.
> Now change the combo back to the non-cvs and you will see how 
> the flags change depending on the displayed client type.
> 
> CVSNT keeps all of these 6 flags separately in the registry 
> and by decoding the client call it senses which client type 
> is calling and applies the correct behaviour depending on this.
> The combobox is not a setting in itself, it could have been 
> replaced by a tabbed dialogue instead with the same result. 
> Its displayed item is not saved.
> 
> 
> /Bo
> (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)

Aaaaah ok, now I get it, I tought that it was only one of these 2
choices that could be applied, not the 2 at the same time.  The way it's
displayed is a little bit confusing, it would have been much easier to
understand that concept with a tab dialogue like you said.  Thx for the
info Bo!

Alex Vanier



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