Can't check a model into CVS

[brdietdidi]

Hello,

today I put a package to my companies CVS-Repository. Everything worked fine. But suddenly I can't check in the package anymore nor I can't check it out. Neither I can edit the model anymore. I've got once the oportunity to check out the package. But when I tried to do this I got a error 'Can't check out'. Since then I can't do anything with my model anymore.

I've updated to 6.0 781 but the behaviour didn't change.

I even tried to remove the .xml-File from the version control. But EA didn't allow me to do it.

What's wrong? Thanks in advance, DiDi

[HowardB]

Hello Didi,

From your description of the behaviour, I am almost certain that the problem is due to a mismatch between the userID that EA has retrieved (for accessing cvs) and the userID that cvs is actually reporting.

The result is that EA concludes the package is checked out to someone else.

Whilst the behaviour didn't change in EA 6.0, the help file did.  We updated the section on using CVS, in particular, the part about ensuring that your userID is reported correctly.

Please review the help file regarding setting up CVS, then, if you are still having problems, please don't hesitate to send us a support request.

Regards,
Howard.

[ggarvey]

Didi,

I'm having a similar problem I think. I'm not sure I understand how EA is supposed to be using the cvs but when I check out a package it gets removed from the repository completely. Then when I try to check it back in I get a cvs add error. When I try to check the package back in the add error is created because the is a freshly created xml file in the cvs that conflicts somehow.

Pretty weak description and I don't know if it is what you're seeing but let me know if it makes sense.

[brdietdidi]

Unfortunately I still don't come through this problem. Whenever I check the File-Properties it tells me that the user 'xy' has checked it out. Well, this is exactly the user I'm supposed to be (the one I put into the CVS-properties as well).

Once I changed the file manually outside of EA. And suddenly I got the option to check the package out. But as soon I tried to do this I got an error. Therefore I could change the model again. But I can't check it in again.

Moreover I don't understand what the properties mean, when it says that somebody checked something out of the CVS-repository. As far as I understand CVS there is an optional possibility to check a file out exclusive. But normaly you never 'lock' a file on the repository.

So how? The documentation didn't really help.

Could it be a problem that EA is installed on a virtual machine and the file which I want to have version controlled is on the host-drive of that virtual-machine?

Regards, DiDi

[dedmoroz345]

Didi, I really have same troubles. Did you find any solution? And did you try to work with branches in cvs?

Thanks.