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Mark Johnson wrote:
> 1. I think that is is necessary to set (in /etc/cvsnt/PServer):
> Compat0_OldVersion=1
> Is this the only server setting that must be modified?
You don't have to do that with recent versions of eclipse (not sure of a
version number, but they fixed it some time ago).
For eclipse you should set Compat0_OldCheckout=1 as there are a couple
of functions that rely on that.
> What functionality do I lose by doing this? ...things that WinCVS
> and/or Tortoise might have problems with.
OldVersion just changes the version string, nothing else.
The OldCheckout stuff is pretty esoteric and not used very much (it was
used as a kind of poor mans 'ls' before we had that) so doesn't affect
anything else.
> Will this be maintained into the future?
At some point in the future we're planning to get someone to have a look
at the eclipse cvs plugin, fix some of its bugs and put cvsnt features
in it (native sspi, codepage awareness, bug numbers) - at that point
many of the 'compatibility' options will no longer be required. I'm not
sure of the timescale for this though.
> 2. I modified my extnt.ini as follows
> [slcp3esgcvs01]
> protocol=sspi
> hostname=slcp3esgcvs01
> directory=/cvsrepo
> This allowed me to use the ext protocol in eclipse, but it would
> create a cvsroot like
> :ext:mjohnso2 at slcp3esgcvs01:/cvsrepo. This required me to use cvs
> login because my username is included. I do not know if I can make
Try using a dot ('.') for the username (although I'm not sure if your
version of cvsnt supports that extension).
> 3. If my CVSROOT is :ext: instead of :sspi:, but my extnt.ini is
> modified to use sspi, then shouldn't WinCVS work the same way? If so,
> it there a way to do the same with Tortoise (it uses it's own cvs.exe,
> and I don't see an extnt.ini file)?
You could configure wincvs or tortoisecvs to do the same thing - not
sure how (I'm a bit rusty with my frontends) but I'm sure someone will
come up with the right settings.
Tony