Checkout failure with CVS

[angeloh]

Hi,

I'm a new user to EA and am struggling to get version control working with CVS. We are using EA 5.0 build 768 and CVSNT 2.0.51d as our repository.

I have set up my repository and connected to it in order to create the local project folder(s). I am able to check files in and out from WinCVS as a client so I am relatively confident the repository is set up correctly.

I created a new project in EA and set up a Version Control configuration using the folder above. I've tried a location in "My Documents" as well as in a path that doesn't contain any spaces, but I experienced the same problem each time. When I add a package to version control all seems to be well. However, when I attempt to check the package out of CVS I get a "Checkout Failed" error message without further information. The "Check In" and "Undo Check Out" options are always greyed out, no matter what I do, as are all the options to get/put latest versions. If I try to remove the package from version control I get an error message that the package needs to be checked in before I can do this.

I saw in another post that EA only support the :pserver: mechanism of connecting to CVS. I don't know if that's still valid but even that hasn't helped, as I was originally connecting via :sspi:.

Any and all advice or suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks

[ndzpac]

Faced similar problem, try using cvs.exe  which comes with TortoiseCVS or
try SCC wrapper from http://www.pushok.com/soft_cvs.php i.e. cvs scc proxy, it is not free but you can try trial version.

[MatTroiViDai]

I have configured CVS on EA successfully. I used Tortoise CVS, CVSNT and :sspi. All checkin and checkout method operate well.
But I also think EA must improve this feature to make it easy to use and error-free.