RE: CVS executable invocation error

[ni...@bt.com]

In case anyone cares, I've found a solution to this problem. The issue
is that the path to the CVS executable contained spaces, which confused
some piece of code. Moving the exectuable to a path without spaces
sorted it completely. The perils of using a windows platform I guess...

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nick.giles@bt.com [mailto:nick.giles@bt.com] 
> Sent: 31 October 2003 11:25
> To: users@maven.apache.org
> Subject: CVS executable invocation error
> 
> 
> 
> I'm just starting out with Maven, and I'm particularly 
> interested in the
> documentation generation aspect of it. However, I'm having problems
> getting the Changelog task to run, because the SCM/CVS access task is
> not functioning as I would expect. I'm getting the error:
> 
> SCM Working Directory: C:\projects\aProject\WEB-INF
> SCM Command Line[0]: cvs
> SCM Command Line[1]: -d
> SCM Command Line[2]: :sspi:cvsserver.foo.co.uk:F:\CVSRepository
> SCM Command Line[3]: log
> Unable to find cvs executable. Changelog will be empty
> 
> The FAQ mentions this problem, but says that trying to run the shown
> command from the command line should show what is wrong. 
> However, when I
> run that command from the command line, i.e. "cvs -d
> :sspi:cvsserver.foo.co.uk:F:\CVSRepository log", it seems to 
> work fine.
> Also, I discovered that if I place the cvs executable in the working
> directory, that works. This /suggests/ to me that the invocation is
> prepending the working directory to the invocation, which is not quite
> what I'm after...
> 
> Anyone know how to fix this behaviour, either by being able to fully
> specify the cvs executable, or fixing it in some other way?
> 
> I'm using maven-1.0-rc1 on Win2K.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Nick Giles
> 
> ---
> 
> Nick Giles
> 
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RE: CVS executable invocation error

[Eric Pugh <ep...@upstate.com>]

Would you like to submit a faq patch?   Just look at the faq plugin and add
a xdocs\faq.fml!

Eric

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nick.giles@bt.com [mailto:nick.giles@bt.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:56 PM
> To: users@maven.apache.org
> Subject: RE: CVS executable invocation error
> 
> 
> 
> In case anyone cares, I've found a solution to this problem. The issue
> is that the path to the CVS executable contained spaces, 
> which confused
> some piece of code. Moving the exectuable to a path without spaces
> sorted it completely. The perils of using a windows platform 
> I guess...
> 
> Nick
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nick.giles@bt.com [mailto:nick.giles@bt.com] 
> > Sent: 31 October 2003 11:25
> > To: users@maven.apache.org
> > Subject: CVS executable invocation error
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I'm just starting out with Maven, and I'm particularly 
> > interested in the
> > documentation generation aspect of it. However, I'm having problems
> > getting the Changelog task to run, because the SCM/CVS 
> access task is
> > not functioning as I would expect. I'm getting the error:
> > 
> > SCM Working Directory: C:\projects\aProject\WEB-INF
> > SCM Command Line[0]: cvs
> > SCM Command Line[1]: -d
> > SCM Command Line[2]: :sspi:cvsserver.foo.co.uk:F:\CVSRepository
> > SCM Command Line[3]: log
> > Unable to find cvs executable. Changelog will be empty
> > 
> > The FAQ mentions this problem, but says that trying to run the shown
> > command from the command line should show what is wrong. 
> > However, when I
> > run that command from the command line, i.e. "cvs -d
> > :sspi:cvsserver.foo.co.uk:F:\CVSRepository log", it seems to 
> > work fine.
> > Also, I discovered that if I place the cvs executable in the working
> > directory, that works. This /suggests/ to me that the invocation is
> > prepending the working directory to the invocation, which 
> is not quite
> > what I'm after...
> > 
> > Anyone know how to fix this behaviour, either by being able to fully
> > specify the cvs executable, or fixing it in some other way?
> > 
> > I'm using maven-1.0-rc1 on Win2K.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Nick Giles
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > Nick Giles
> > 
> > __________________________________________
> > British Telecommunications plc
> > Registered office: 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
> > Registered in England no. 1800000
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> > Telecommunications plc which may be privileged and confidential. The
> > information is intended to be for the use of the 
> > individual(s) or entity
> > named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be 
> aware that any
> > disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this
> > information is prohibited. If you have received this 
> > electronic message
> > in error, please notify us by telephone or email (to the number or
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> email system is
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> > other lawful business purposes.  
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