[Cvsnt] cvs [import aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

[Bo Berglund]

The modules file is *manually* maintained by an administrator.
It can be used to define modules with names that are different from
the directories where the files are stored. But it is totally done
manually.

/Bo

On Thu, 16 May 2002 21:20:29 +0000 (UTC), "Chris Daft"
<daft at 127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Thanks Joe -- this may point out what's wrong.
>
>So this was a problem in one of the files in your CVSROOT directory in the
>repository, like "modules" ? I just had a look in that directory of my
>repository, and I noticed that my "modules" file has almost nothing in it.
>The repository itself has maybe 15 subdirectories, but only one of them is
>listed in the modules file.
>
>I wonder if somehow this file got bashed and that is causing CVS to be
>unhappy?  Should this file, "modules" have an entry defining every module?
>http://www.gnu.org/manual/cvs/html_chapter/cvs_21.html#SEC137 seems to imply
>this.
>
>Chris
>
>"Joe Enfield" <joeenfield at ameritech.net> wrote in message
>news:009401c1fcc7$39700a60$2b00a8c0 at a1333w2k...
>> I had a similar problem when moving from MKS SI to CVS.
>> It seems the particular repository file had some MKS SI specific tag in
>it.
>> Once I (manually) removed the tag from the repository file, everything
>> worked fine.
>>
>> The Tag had something to do with MKS .pj files I believe...
>>
>> HTH
>> Joe
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Daft" <daft at 127.0.0.1>
>> To: <cvsnt at cvsnt.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Cvsnt] cvs [import aborted]: end of file from server
>(consult
>> above messages if any)
>>
>>
>> > Checking the cvs.html that comes with the source reveals
>> > "end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
>> > The most common cause for this message is if you are using an external
>rsh
>> > program and it exited with an error. In this case the rsh program should
>> > have printed a message, which will appear before the above message."
>> >
>> > Wow, I am sure I am not using an external rsh.  I guess the next thing
>is
>> to
>> > "use the source, Luke".  I did a grep for "import aborted" on the .c and
>> .h
>> > in the src directory of the distribution, but no luck.  Where in the
>> source
>> > do these messages live?
>> >
>> > Thankl for anty points on this problem!
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> > "Chris Daft" daft at ieee... wrote in message
>> > news:FAEOLEFINNNGFJCLCGNAKEIDDKAA.daft at ieee...
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I'm getting the above message using CVSNT 1.11.1.3 (Build 57c) when I
>> try
>> > to
>> > > import a module.  I get the same problem using Linux and Windows
>> clients.
>> > > Searching the mailing list archives didn't turn up a similar problem,
>> and
>> > > unfortunately there were no other messages.
>> > >
>> > > I can do normal cvs operations on _existing_ modules without any
>> trouble,
>> > so I
>> > > don't think there is a CVSROOT or a pserver authentication problem.  I
>> > made sure
>> > > all of the permissions [repository, TEMP and TMP] work for the user
>> > running the
>> > > cvs server (which is SYSTEM on an NT 4 SP6 box).  The existing modules
>> in
>> > the
>> > > repository were created using a prior version of CVSNT.  I needed to
>> > upgrade the
>> > > cvs server because the repository prefix feature in the newer servers
>> > became
>> > > essential.
>> > >
>> > > Any help in diagnosing this would be very much appreciated.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Chris Daft
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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/Bo
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