[MPlayer-users] how to upadate cvs

[Stephen Stocker]

 The Wanderer wrote:

>Stephen Stocker wrote:
>
>> The Wanderer wrote:
>>
>>> Mustafa Abbasi wrote:
>>>
>>>> i am sorry if this is a noob question but please tell me the
>>>> mplayer website says that
>>>>
>>>> In order to include libavcodec and libavutil in CVS updates, add
>>>> the following lines to main/CVS/Entries:
>>>>
>>>>   D/libavcodec////
>>>>   D/libavformat////
>>>>   D/libavutil////
>>>>
>>>> does this mean that i can update the libavcodec, libavformat, and
>>>> libavutlis at the same time as updating mplayer cvs using tis
>>>> command .
>>>>
>>>> cvs -z3 update -dPA
>>>
>>> Yes, that's what it means.
>>>
>>>> if so then how can i do this. it says something about adding
>>>> these lines to main/CVS/Entries. i can't understand ths.
>>>>
>>>> please tell me what to do.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what it is you don't understand here. Do you not
>>> understand how to edit the file? Do you not understand how to
>>> *find* the file? Do you not even realize that "main/CVS/Entries"
>>> *is* a file? Or is it something else?
>>>
>>> I really thought that the explanation given (in fact, even the
>>> explanation you've given in your own question) was foolproof
>>> enough...
>>
>> I'm glad someone brought this up. I understand it, but I've never
>> been able to make it work! After main/vidix/drivers, CVS just sits
>> there forever, unless I abort it.
>>
>> I'm including the above lines, using CVS v1.12.9, with the CVSROOT
>> variable set to :pserver:anonymous at mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/mplayer, and
>> default options of "cvs -z3" and "update -dPA" in .cvsrc.
>
>The only thing I can think of offhand is, in order for this to work the
>directories must (I believe) already exist and must contain the relevant
>Repository and Root files. The simplest way to do that is to follow
>directions which are given elsewhere and grab the FFmpeg CVS tree, then
>copy those directories from the FFmpeg tree to the MPlayer tree.
>
>The only time I've had problems such as you describe is when I had
>invalid password/etc. settings in those two files, which shouldn't apply
>to you since you're almost certainly using anonymous CVS. It still does
>hang for a considerable period of time after the rest of the update
>before reporting results from those directories, but it does get there
>eventually.
>
>> I'm reasonably sure I'm overlooking something simple. I never got
>> around to asking here, because it seems rather trivial. Still, it'd
>> save some effort to get the whole thing at once, instead of getting
>> ffmpeg updates separately and then copying those three directories
>> into main.
>
>I used to do that every time, but unless my memory's being more fickle
>than usual, as soon as I edited the Entries file to add those lines, it
>began to work correctly... since from what you say you *do* in fact
>already have those directories with appropriate contents, I don't know
>what could be the problem.
>
>...unless the fact that the CVSROOT variable is set is overriding the
>contents of libav*/CVS/Root... which wouldn't be a very sensible
>behaviour IMO, but have you tried it with that variable empty?

  I just tried that, and tried without the .cvsrc file. With the
  main/CVS/Entries file modified, and CVSROOT unset, CVS won't do
  *anything*. I know that's very weird behavior, and I'm beginning to
  suspect a buggy release of the CVS package itself. I downloaded the latest
  stable CVS package (source) and am compiling it.

  If that does the trick, I'll post a followup, if not, it's no big deal. :)
  Thanks!

  Take care,
  Steve