[khalidhajsaleh]

I keep on getting an error when I attempt to synch my code with a cvs repo. The error I am getting is:

Errors occurred while updating the change sets for CVS Workspace
  Invalid CVS repository location format: :pserver;username=khajsaleh;password=Mypassword:myUser@myserver.net:/apps/externalCVS/
    Invalid CVS repository location 
      Location must have form ':methodname:[user[:password]@]host:[port]/path/to/cvsroot'
      Only the following methods are supported: pserver, ext, extssh

I know that the url, username and password are correct since I can use them to log on to wincvs. This is only a problem with my eclipse. I googled the problem and it seems that this is a comon bug. Any suggestions on how to fix it.

thanks,

Khalid

[Riyad Kalla]

Moving to OT > Soft Dev

I’m not aware of any “common bugs” like this in the Eclipse CVS implementation. Your connection string is an invalid pserver string though if it is actually following the format you pasted above. I would suggest going to the CVS perspective and trying to browse the repository and adjusting the settings until it works.

[khalidhajsaleh]

I was looking at the eclipse bugs and here is what I found:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=77477

Khalid

[Riyad Kalla]

This is a different issue, from the looks of the bug this is a CVSNT-specific connection string that Eclipse does not understand, hence the:

This is not a standard Root file format — I can’t believe that the password is
stored in this file? Ask WinCVS to provide a preference to keep this file in the
canonical Root file format.

There have been other CVSNT issues in the past that Eclipse has been hesitant to support, this looks like a bigger one, but I see it marked as “fixed”, did you try the patch?

[khalidhajsaleh]

This porblem takes place when you check the code in wincvs and then try and work on it in eclipse. I eneded deleting the code base I checked via wincvs and checking the code using eclipse. That took care of the problem. Since 3.2 RC7 seems to have the patch for this problem, I was wondering if upgrading to that release may cause any problems with myeclipse.

thanks,

Khalid

[Riyad Kalla]

Khalid,
We haven’t tested with RC7 yet, but I know some of us are using RC6 without any major problems. You could do a separate install (just to be extra safe) and try it, or just upgrade it and keep your fingers crossed.

Don’t forget to restart with -clean to rebuild the plugin cache.

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