Appendix D. Using CVS with an OpenACS Site

+ +Appendix D. Using CVS with an OpenACS Site

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Appendix D. Using CVS with an OpenACS Site

By Joel Aufrecht

OpenACS docs are written by the named authors, and may be edited by OpenACS documentation staff. -

Add the Service to CVS - OPTIONAL. These steps take an existing OpenACS directory and add - it to a CVS - repository.

Create and set permissions on a subdirectory in the local cvs repository.

[root root]# mkdir /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[root root]# chown $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+

Add the Service to CVS - OPTIONAL. These steps take an existing OpenACS directory and add + it to a CVS + repository.

Create and set permissions on a subdirectory in the local cvs repository.

[root root]# mkdir /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[root root]# chown $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 [root root]#
 mkdir /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-chown $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME

Add the repository location to the user environment. On some systems, you may get better results with .bash_profile instead of .bashrc.

[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ emacs .bashrc

Put this string into /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/.bashrc:

export CVSROOT=/cvsroot

[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ exit
+chown $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME

Add the repository location to the user environment. On some systems, you may get better results with .bash_profile instead of .bashrc.

[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ emacs .bashrc

Put this string into /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/.bashrc:

export CVSROOT=/cvsroot

[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ exit
 logout
 
-[root root]#

Import all files into cvs. In order to work on +[root root]#

Import all files into cvs. In order to work on files with source control, the files must be checked out from cvs. So we will import, move aside, and then check out all of the files. In the cvs import command, - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME + $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME refers to the cvs repository to use; it uses the CVSROOT plus this string, i.e. - /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. - "OpenACS" is the vendor tag, and "oacs-5-5-0-final" is the + /cvsroot/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. + "OpenACS" is the vendor tag, and "oacs-5-6-0-final" is the release tag. These tags will be useful in upgrading and - branching. -m sets the version comment.

[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cvs import -m "initial install" $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME OpenACS oacs-5-5-0-final
+            branching.  -m sets the version comment.
[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cvs import -m "initial install" $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME OpenACS oacs-5-6-0-final
 N $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/license.txt
 N $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/readme.txt
 (many lines omitted)
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@
 [root root]#
 su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 cd /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-cvs import -m "initial install" $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME OpenACS oacs-5-5-0-final
-exit
Move the original directory to a temporary location, and check out the cvs repository in its place.
[root root]# mv /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /var/tmp
-[root root]# mkdir /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[root root]# chown $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ cvs checkout $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+cvs import -m "initial install" $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME OpenACS oacs-5-6-0-final
+exit
Move the original directory to a temporary location, and check out the cvs repository in its place.
[root root]# mv /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /var/tmp
+[root root]# mkdir /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[root root]# chown $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ cvs checkout $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 cvs checkout: Updating $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 U $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/license.txt
 (many lines omitted)
 U $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/www/SYSTEM/dbtest.tcl
 U $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/www/SYSTEM/flush-memoized-statement.tcl
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ exit
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ exit
 logout
 
 [root root]#
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@
 su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 cd /var/lib/aolserver
 cvs checkout $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-exit

If the service starts correctly, come back and remove the temporary copy of the uploaded files.

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