[linux-dvb] cvs web interface old(?) problem

["Barrera, Inigo" <Inigo.Barrera@eu.sony.com>]

Hello there,

I am trying to get the dvb-kernel-v4 module from the cvs database, because I
want to try API v4 drivers and I could not find a package including them in
the web.
As I am behind a quite restrictive corporate firewall, a direct cvs command
is not working, so I am trying to get the module by using a application
called cvsgrab (http://cvsgrab.sourceforge.net/). This application parses
the html output of a cvsweb server, so it can overcome the proxy problem.
The first problem I found after installing it is that the cvsweb
identification is missing in LinuxTv cvs server, but I could patch the
program and start parsing.
Now the parsing seems ok, but when the program tries to checkout a file from
the server, it gets an error and cannot download the file.

[TRACE] Executed method
/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/dvb-kernel-v4/build-2.6/Makefile with status
code 500
[DEBUG] Page not found (error 500)
[ERROR] IO Error: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error when reading
/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/dvb-kernel-v4/build-2.6/Makefile

If I try to access that page
(http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/dvb-kernel-v4/build-2.
6/Makefile) from Internet Explorer I get this message:

"Error: Unexpected output from cvs co: cvs [checkout aborted]: Absolute
module reference invalid: `/dvb-kernel-v4/build-2.6/Makefile' 
Check whether the directory /cvs/linuxtv/CVSROOT exists and the script has
write-access to the CVSROOT/history file if it exists.
The script needs to place lock files in the directory the file is in as
well. 
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linuxtv.org"

I browsed the linux-dvb list archives, and I found a similar problem was
found some months ago by Robert Schlabbach. It seems it happened when
clicking the link to download a file, but the error was the same I think. I
attach that mail at the end.

Is there something I am doing wrong, or is there an alternative way of
getting (checking-out) a file from the web without referencing the file
version?
Is there anyone who had the same problem and could work-around it? I've read
something about tunneling the corporate proxy by using the ssh protocol, but
I couldn't make it work.
Finally, is there any place where I can get a package with the dvb-kernel-v4
module?

Thank you!
Inigo Barrera.




[linux-dvb] Re: linuxtv.org CVS web interface is broken :(

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To: linux-dvb-nospam-at-linuxtv.org 
Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: linuxtv.org CVS web interface is broken :( 
From: Johannes Stezenbach <js-nospam-at-convergence.de> 
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:57:11 +0100 
List-help: <mailto:ecartis@linuxtv.org?Subject=help> 

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Robert Schlabbach wrote:
> FWIW, the CVS web interface at
> 
> http://linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/
> 
> has been broken for a while now. One can browse the CVS tree, but when you
> click on a download link, e.g.
> 
>
http://linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/dvb-kernel/README-2.6?rev=
> 1.3&content-type=text/plain
> 
> you get:
> 
> "Error: Unexpected output from cvs co: cvs [checkout aborted]: Absolute
> module reference invalid: `/dvb-kernel/README-2.6'
> 
> Check whether the directory /cvs/linuxtv/CVSROOT exists and the script has
> write-access to the CVSROOT/history file if it exists.
> The script needs to place lock files in the directory the file is in as
> well."
> 
> Can this be fixed, please? Having to fire up CVS to download the source
> tree is a bit inconvenient for a Windows user who just wants to take a
> peek... :(

Thanks for reporting, I forwarded your mail to the CVS admin.
Should be fixed soon.

BTW, you can peek at the files by clicking on the revsion numbers,
it's just that you get a HTMLlized version, not plaintext.

Regards,
Johannes


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