[cvsnt] The command line is too long.

[Lawson.Reed]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Kynaston [mailto:akynaston at novell.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:44 PM
> To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org; Lawson.Reed
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] The command line is too long.
>
> Alexandre just asked what versions you're using . .I'd like to hear
> that too.

Sorry. Should have stated that in the beginning....  
WinCvs 1.3.13.3 beta 13 build 1
CVSNT: 2.0.2 (shipped with above)

Thanks,
- Reed.
 
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> >>> "Lawson.Reed" <Reed.Lawson at IGT.com> 8/18/2003 1:25:14 PM >>>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Aaron Kynaston [mailto:akynaston at novell.com] 
> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:30 AM
> > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org; Lawson.Reed
> > Subject: Re: [cvsnt] The command line is too long.
> > 
> > 
> > Hum. . . if it is a command line that is too long (i.e. the -m
> message
> > is too big), then why don't you simply not specify the -m, and let
> the
> > notepad(or other editor) appear?
> 
> The strange thing is, the command line is NOT too long. Its 
> only about 100 characters. I have used CVS with Much Much 
> longer command lines with no trouble. It seems to be expanded inside
> cvs because of the 1300 or so files it finds in that directory. 
> I am wondering why cvs can not make its own buffer bigger with
> "malloc()".
> 
> > What is the full command you're using?
> 
> I included that in its entirety in the original post.
> between the ----8<---- 's lines. Its what is printed in
> the WinCVS shell window. It is nothing unusual. Its what
> commit does when you do not supply file names: It assumes
> you want to commit everything that is commitable. In my
> case, that turns out to be about 1300 files. But if it 
> needs to make a list of all files internally, and it neglected
> to alloc enough space, then that's a bug in CVS not any limit
> in the shell, Right?
> 
>  Thanks,
>  __________________________________
>  Reed Lawson
>  IGT Firmware Engineering
>  (775) 448-0755
> 
> 
> > 
> > Aaron Kynaston
> > akynaston at novell.com 
> > office: (801) 861-6709
> > cell: (801) 368-8633
> > fax: (801) 861-6778
> > Novell Inc., The leading provider in net services software.
> > www.novell.com 
> > 
> > >>> "Lawson.Reed" <Reed.Lawson at IGT.com> 8/18/2003 10:40:19 AM >>>
> > Hi,
> > 
> > We recently went live on our new CVSNT server after about 3 months
> of
> > preparation.
> > Its the first working day after that. So far so good. 
> > 
> > But one thing that just came up was someone was putting in a major
> > development branch in our library (about 1300 files) and he added
> the
> > branch tag just fine, then tried to commit. 
> > ------------------------------8<------------------------------
> > --------------
> > -------
> > cvs commit -m "Commit for lib12xxx_branch.  This branch will live on
> > top of
> > MD3 for NYL develop..." (in directory
> E:\WORK\lib12xxx\library\main\)
> > cvs commit: Examining .
> > The command line is too long.
> > 
> > cvs server: Pre-commit check failed
> > cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first!
> > 
> > 
> > ***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****
> > ------------------------------8<------------------------------
> > --------------
> > -------
> > 
> > To me, the command line looks rather short :-) He ended up
> committing
> > it in
> > three pieces. Is there some internally generated command line that
> it
> > is
> > complaining about? Can that space be dynamically allocated?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > __________________________________
> > Reed Lawson
> > IGT Firmware Engineering
> > (775) 448-0755
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