[cvsspam-devel] Problem in CVSSpam Documentation

[K Srinivasa Rao]

Hi CVSSpam Developers,

 

At the outset, I want to thank you for providing the simple and cool
cvsspam utility.

 

I am using 0.2.12 version (the latest as of now)

In the documentation, section Installation --> Configuring CVS (Page 4)
there is the line mentioning

 

# Always allow commits to CVSROOT

^CVSROOT /bin/cat>/dev/null

 

This is a good warning, presumably where the commit checks fail and we
should not end up unable to edit the CVSROOT files.

But if this line is added to <commitinfo> file, the following error
arose for me

 

cvs server: cannot find pre-commit filter `/bin/cat>/dev/null': No such
file or directory

cvs server: Pre-commit check failed

 

After this, I had to manually change the <commitinfo> file in the CVS
server.

I think the better option is the following (though CVS dislikes commands
that do not consume their standard input)

 

# Always allow commits to CVSROOT

^CVSROOT /bin/true

 

You may please think about this. Since had Admin privileges on the
server, I could edit it.

Otherwise, it would have created a minor problem with commits failing.

 

T h a n k Y o u,

KSR

 

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