Using the CVS

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   I tried to load the source code to my computer. I've not used CVS before, so I didn't get it to work .

I downloaded the program WinCVS, and tried to "checkout" the code into this local computer. Got following message:

[code:39g7gjpv]cvs -d :pserver;username=anonymous:anonymous@construct.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/con... checkout -P -- /cvsroot/construct/ (in directory C:\Documents and Settings\Järjestelmänvalvoja\Omat tiedostot\CVS)
cvs checkout: cwd=C:\Documents and Settings\Järjestelmänvalvoja\Omat tiedostot\CVS ,current=C:\Documents and Settings\Järjestelmänvalvoja\Omat tiedostot\CVS
cvs [server aborted]: Absolute module reference invalid: `/cvsroot/construct/'
cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)[/code:39g7gjpv]

What should I do? How I can get it work?

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Drasa 2,001 Rep 5 1 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Drasa Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Using the CVS Posted: 09 Dec 2007 at 12:18pm
	I tried to load the source code to my computer. I've not used CVS before, so I didn't get it to work . I downloaded the program WinCVS, and tried to "checkout" the code into this local computer. Got following message: [code:39g7gjpv]cvs -d :pserver;username=anonymous:anonymous@construct.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/con... checkout -P -- /cvsroot/construct/ (in directory C:\Documents and Settings\Järjestelmänvalvoja\Omat tiedostot\CVS) cvs checkout: cwd=C:\Documents and Settings\Järjestelmänvalvoja\Omat tiedostot\CVS ,current=C:\Documents and Settings\Järjestelmänvalvoja\Omat tiedostot\CVS cvs [server aborted]: Absolute module reference invalid: `/cvsroot/construct/' cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)[/code:39g7gjpv] What should I do? How I can get it work?

Ashley Scirra Developer 84,327 Rep 43 78 194	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ashley Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 2007 at 12:07am
	There's some CVS help here... not sure why it isn't working. Each root level folder is a module, so to access the IDE source you have to make a module called IDE.

sanyaade 1,012 Rep 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote sanyaade Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Apr 2008 at 4:04pm
	I will be nice if we chaanged to SVN or we can have both. Sourceforge.net has tool for migrating or having both types of version available to developers Well-done everybody! God blesses!!! Best regards, Sanyaade

burkey 1,006 Rep 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote burkey Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 May 2008 at 9:46pm
	Just for reference in case anyone reads this topic, Tortoise CVS is probably the best GUI client for CVS. Not as good as the excellent Tortoise SVN but definitely good enough.