[cvsnt] Re: viewcvs with cvsnt problem encountered

[Bo Berglund]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:53:01 +0800, Alvin Wong <alvin.wong at b2b.com.my>
wrote:

>Hi Bo,
>
>I have installed ViewCVS with CVSNT on Windows 2000 Advanced Server and 
>i can view the webpage all right. ViewCVS was installed using the 
>download from your webpage at
>http://w1.858.telia.com/~u85831169/ViewCvsSetup.html.
>However when i tried to navigate on the links in the default viewcvs cvs 
>browser on my server, it gives me the following error.
>
>File "C:\Programs\ViewCvs\lib\vclib\bincvs\_init_.py", line 791, in 
>_get_logs
>raise vclib.Error('Error parsing rlog output. Expected RCS file "%s"'
>Error: Error parsing rlog output. Expected RCS file 
>"C:/cvsrepository/sandbox/eConnector/192.168.1.5.crt,v", found 
>"C:/cvsrepository/sandbox\eConnector/192.168.1.5.crt,v"
>
>I understand that it's expecting forward slash , not backward slash. My 
>CVSNT version is 2.0.24
>and repository prefix is C:/cvsrepository with valid repository roots 
>being /sandbox. What changes do i need to make before viewcvs can work 
>successfully taking into view that it's in production and i do not want 
>to make unnecessary changes that will change the current repository if 
>possible.
>
>Regards,
>Alvin

You have probably installed using a slightly old installer. Based on
recent reports on this problem and the supplied solutions I did a new
not so long ago.
You can download the newest one from my site or else download the
sources zipfile and look for the two files that have changed and
replace them.
These are the changed files:
1) lib/vclib/bincvs/__init__.py (makes sure \ is changed to /)
2) lib/viewcvs.py (adds a few new extensions to enscript highlighting)

The first changed file is the one you need.


/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)