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* cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue?
@ 2002-11-01  9:53 Matt Armstrong
  2002-11-01 10:07 ` Randall R Schulz
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Matt Armstrong @ 2002-11-01  9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

I'm seeing some very odd behavior from cvs and I wonder if others are
seeing it too.

No matter what args I pass it, cvs tells me it is an invalid option --
even the --help-options arg.  All other cygwin stuff seems to be
functioning well.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
% cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
cvs: invalid option --
Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command [command-options-and-arguments]
  where cvs-options are -q, -n, etc.
    (specify --help-options for a list of options)
  where command is add, admin, etc.
    (specify --help-commands for a list of commands
     or --help-synonyms for a list of command synonyms)
  where command-options-and-arguments depend on the specific command
    (specify -H followed by a command name for command-specific help)
  Specify --help to receive this message

The Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is a tool for version control.
For CVS updates and additional information, see
    the CVS home page at http://www.cvshome.org/ or
    Pascal Molli's CVS site at
    http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------

I just installed CVS via the cygwin setup utility and have a recently
upgraded installation (cygcheck below).


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* Re: cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue?
  2002-11-01  9:53 cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue? Matt Armstrong
@ 2002-11-01 10:07 ` Randall R Schulz
  2002-11-01 10:07 ` John Morrison
  2002-11-01 11:32 ` George William Smith
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Randall R Schulz @ 2002-11-01 10:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

Matt,

I cannot replicate that failure (I get a password prompt).

Are you invoking it from a Cygwin shell, or from CMD.exe (or COMMAND.COM?).

You might want to escape the @ sign, since under certain circumstances it's 
special (i.e., it's a extended shell argument processing syntax meant to 
allow arguments contained in files to be incorporated into the command line).

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 09:53 2002-11-01, Matt Armstrong wrote:
>I'm seeing some very odd behavior from cvs and I wonder if others are
>seeing it too.
>
>No matter what args I pass it, cvs tells me it is an invalid option --
>even the --help-options arg.  All other cygwin stuff seems to be
>functioning well.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>% cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
>cvs: invalid option --
>Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command [command-options-and-arguments]
>   where cvs-options are -q, -n, etc.
>     (specify --help-options for a list of options)
>   where command is add, admin, etc.
>     (specify --help-commands for a list of commands
>      or --help-synonyms for a list of command synonyms)
>   where command-options-and-arguments depend on the specific command
>     (specify -H followed by a command name for command-specific help)
>   Specify --help to receive this message
>
>The Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is a tool for version control.
>For CVS updates and additional information, see
>     the CVS home page at http://www.cvshome.org/ or
>     Pascal Molli's CVS site at
>     http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I just installed CVS via the cygwin setup utility and have a recently
>upgraded installation (cygcheck below).


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* RE: cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue?
  2002-11-01  9:53 cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue? Matt Armstrong
  2002-11-01 10:07 ` Randall R Schulz
@ 2002-11-01 10:07 ` John Morrison
  2002-11-01 11:17   ` Matt Armstrong
  2002-11-01 11:32 ` George William Smith
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: John Morrison @ 2002-11-01 10:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Matt Armstrong, cygwin

I've had this - a while ago I think.  Try calling cvs with it's
full path...

$ /bin/cvs ...

J.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Armstrong
> 
> I'm seeing some very odd behavior from cvs and I wonder if others are
> seeing it too.
> 
> No matter what args I pass it, cvs tells me it is an invalid option --
> even the --help-options arg.  All other cygwin stuff seems to be
> functioning well.

(PS, please _attach_ cygcheck ;)

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* Re: cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue?
  2002-11-01 10:07 ` John Morrison
@ 2002-11-01 11:17   ` Matt Armstrong
  2002-11-01 11:24     ` Randall R Schulz
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Matt Armstrong @ 2002-11-01 11:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

"John Morrison" <john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com> writes:

> I've had this - a while ago I think.  Try calling cvs with it's
> full path...
>
> $ /bin/cvs ...

Unfortunately, no luck.  :-(


Randall R Schulz <rrschulz@cris.com> writes:

> I cannot replicate that failure (I get a password prompt).
>
> Are you invoking it from a Cygwin shell, or from CMD.exe (or
> COMMAND.COM?).

Win2k's CMD.EXE and Cygwin's bash give the same result.


> You might want to escape the @ sign, since under certain
> circumstances it's special (i.e., it's a extended shell argument
> processing syntax meant to allow arguments contained in files to be
> incorporated into the command line).

Simply running "cvs a" gives the same error message.  I suppose it is
time to compile from source and debug the problem.

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* Re: cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue?
  2002-11-01 11:17   ` Matt Armstrong
@ 2002-11-01 11:24     ` Randall R Schulz
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Randall R Schulz @ 2002-11-01 11:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

Matt,

What does "type -a cvs" show you (from BASH)? Might you have an alias or 
shell function intervening between the command line and the actual 
invocation of the process?

Also, are you sure you're running Cygwin cvs? Might there be another cvs 
installed on your system?

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 11:17 2002-11-01, Matt Armstrong wrote:
>"John Morrison" <john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com> writes:
>
> > I've had this - a while ago I think.  Try calling cvs with it's
> > full path...
> >
> > $ /bin/cvs ...
>
>Unfortunately, no luck.  :-(
>
>
>Randall R Schulz <rrschulz@cris.com> writes:
>
> > I cannot replicate that failure (I get a password prompt).
> >
> > Are you invoking it from a Cygwin shell, or from CMD.exe (or
> > COMMAND.COM?).
>
>Win2k's CMD.EXE and Cygwin's bash give the same result.
>
>
> > You might want to escape the @ sign, since under certain
> > circumstances it's special (i.e., it's a extended shell argument
> > processing syntax meant to allow arguments contained in files to be
> > incorporated into the command line).
>
>Simply running "cvs a" gives the same error message.  I suppose it is
>time to compile from source and debug the problem.


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* Re: cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue?
  2002-11-01  9:53 cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue? Matt Armstrong
  2002-11-01 10:07 ` Randall R Schulz
  2002-11-01 10:07 ` John Morrison
@ 2002-11-01 11:32 ` George William Smith
  2002-11-01 14:26   ` Matt Armstrong
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: George William Smith @ 2002-11-01 11:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

Check your .cvsrc, you may have some flags there that CVS doesn't support.

G

"Matt Armstrong" <matt@lickey.com> wrote in message
news:87r8e5b2i0.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com...
> I'm seeing some very odd behavior from cvs and I wonder if others are
> seeing it too.
>
> No matter what args I pass it, cvs tells me it is an invalid option --
> even the --help-options arg.  All other cygwin stuff seems to be
> functioning well.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> % cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
> cvs: invalid option --
> Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command [command-options-and-arguments]
>   where cvs-options are -q, -n, etc.
>     (specify --help-options for a list of options)
>   where command is add, admin, etc.
>     (specify --help-commands for a list of commands
>      or --help-synonyms for a list of command synonyms)
>   where command-options-and-arguments depend on the specific command
>     (specify -H followed by a command name for command-specific help)
>   Specify --help to receive this message
>
> The Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is a tool for version control.
> For CVS updates and additional information, see
>     the CVS home page at http://www.cvshome.org/ or
>     Pascal Molli's CVS site at
>     http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I just installed CVS via the cygwin setup utility and have a recently
> upgraded installation (cygcheck below).
>
>
> --=-=-=
>
>
> Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
> Current System Time: Fri Nov 01 10:45:22 2002
>
> Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3
>
> Path: C:\cygwin\bin
> c:\WINNT\system32
> c:\WINNT
> c:\WINNT\System32\Wbem
>
> SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32
> WinDir: C:\WINNT
>
> HOME = `c:\home'
> PWD = `/cygdrive/c/home'
> USER = `maarmstr'
>
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> HOMESHARE = `\\netapp\home'
> HOSTNAME = `MAARMSTR'
> INCLUDE = `C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\VC98\include'
> LESS = `-Q'
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Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib'
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`-check-debug-timestamps=no -cache-dir=/cygdrive/c/home/purify/cache -always
-use-cache-dir=yes -windows=yes -max-threads=500 -chain-length=12'
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`catalog:/etc/sgml/catalog:/usr/lib/sgml/catalog:/usr/local/lib/sgml/catalog
:/cygdrive/c/home/dtd/catalog'
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`/cygdrive/c/home/dtd:/usr/share/sgml:/usr/local/share/sgml:/usr/local/lib/s
gml:/usr/lib/sgml'
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>
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> s:  net NTFS    1440Mb  81% CP CS    PA        matt
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* Re: cvs can't parse its arguments -- known issue?
  2002-11-01 11:32 ` George William Smith
@ 2002-11-01 14:26   ` Matt Armstrong
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Matt Armstrong @ 2002-11-01 14:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

"George William Smith" <george_william_smith@yahoo.com> writes:

> Check your .cvsrc, you may have some flags there that CVS doesn't
> support.

Thanks, that was it.  My .cvsrc was using DOS style end of line
terminators.

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