Re: can't tag module w/ PCL-CVS in Emacs 21.2

[Richard V. Molen]

rvmolen@bambecksystems.com (Richard V. Molen) writes:

> "Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>"
> <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:
>  
> > Is that the complete content of ` *cvs-tmp*' ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > What was the command executed (and more generally the content of
> > *cvs*) ?
> 
> ...Selecting menubar Tools.PCL-CVS.Directory Status...
> 
> Repository : /home/ric/wrk/cvs
> Module     : pads
> Working dir: ~/wrk/tmp/pads/
> 
> 
> 
> In directory .:
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     HTR8B.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     blr8c.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     cocal.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     emacs.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     htr8f.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     legacy.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.2         misc.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     scsi.txt
> 
> --------------------- End ---------------------
> -- last cmd: cvs -f status --
> 
> ...using mouse to position cursor just after the '.:' 
> and pressing 't' results in the following...
> 
> 
> Repository : /home/ric/wrk/cvs
> Module     : pads
> Working dir: ~/wrk/tmp/pads/
> 
> 
> 
> In directory .:
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     HTR8B.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     blr8c.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     cocal.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     emacs.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     htr8f.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     legacy.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.2         misc.txt
>               Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     scsi.txt
> 
> --------------------- End ---------------------
> -- last cmd: cvs -f tag emacstag3 . --
> 
> ...with a ' *cvs-tmp*' file containing this...
> 
> cvs.exe tag: nothing known about pads
> cvs.exe [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
> 
> ...that's all...
> 
> > IIRC, PCL-CVS puts a dot over there, so could you try out
> > `cvs -f tag bashtag2 .' ?
> 
> Yes, that reproduces the problem.  Here's what I did at the bash
> prompt...
> 
> $ cvs -f tag bashtag3 .
> 
> ...here's what I got on the console...
> 
> cvs.exe tag: nothing known about pads
> cvs.exe [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
> 
> ...It's strange that this seems to work on the RH 7.3 box, but not on
> the WinNT box.  My RH box is down right now or I'd try it there.

Oops, I installed RH 8.0 on that box and now I have the same problem.
Here the directory status...

Repository : /vc/user
Module     : linux/user
Working dir: ~/

In directory .:
              Up-To-Date  1.1.1.1     .bash_logout
.
.
.
--------------------- End ---------------------
-- last cmd: cvs -f -z6 status --


...After using mouse to put cursor '.: '<-here and pressing 't'...

.
.
.
--------------------- End ---------------------
-- last cmd: cvs -f -z6 tag emacsTag1 . --


...peaking at ' *cvs-tmp*' buffer shows...

cvs tag: nothing known about config
cvs [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!

...'M-x version' shows...

GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 
2002-08-28 on astest

...'cvs status -v .bash_logout shows...

ric@tsunami ric]$ cvs status -v .bash_logout
===================================================================
File: .bash_logout      Status: Up-to-date

   Working revision:    1.1.1.1 Fri Apr 12 16:09:53 2002
   Repository revision: 1.1.1.1 /vc/user/linux/user/.bash_logout,v
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)

   Existing Tags:
        start                           (revision: 1.1.1.1)
        linux_user                      (branch: 1.1.1)

...Any ideas?

It appears to that cvs does not like the '.' in the tag command.
Can Emacs be configured to remove it or am I using the command
incorrectly?

Thanks for your patience.

-- 
Richard V. Molen

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