Manjunath P wrote:
> Hi Graham,
> I followed each and every step faithfully as given in
> Developer's guide , but still I am not able to get the source and I get
> the same error.
> I download source from
> http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/wireshark-0.99.5.tar.gz
> separately(without SVN), untarred it through cygwin, and then tried to
> put the source into SVN( by specifying the untarred file directory in
> the checkout file option ). I got the error "Error: Unable to open an
> ra_local session to URL "
> I hv even mailed to the dev guide of Tortoise but no reply from
> them....
>
> Ur advice is very essential .... Pls help
> -----------Manju
>
Manju,
You seem to be mixing different approaches and not getting the best of
either.
You can use SVN *or* the downloaded source tarball, but trying to
combine them isn't a good idea.
To use SVN, on windows the choice is either command line SVN, or
TortoiseSVN. There are other GUI clients, but I don't have a great deal
of experience with them. Note that TortoiseSVN doesn't play well with
the cygwin version of SVN, but is OK with win32 SVN. To use SVN follow
the instructions in the dev guide or my previous instructions (left
below) for TortoiseSVN. Remember TortoiseSVN is all point and click and
menus via Explorer, and you will need to translate any command line SVN
instructions into the menu equivalent.
To use the tarball, just untar it and it is then ready, with no need for
SVN. This is not the recommended approach as it is difficult to
integrate other developers changes with yours.
>
>> Manjunath P wrote:
>>> I have special "Downloading Rights " in my office and my m/c is not
>>> behind
>>> any firewall. I downloaded a tortoise SVN( recent SVN 1.4.3 win32 ).
>>> When I try to do "svn --version" on my cmd line , I get an error
>>> "The
>>> application has failed to start because cygdb-4.2.dll was not found. Re
>>> installing the application may fix this problem".
>>> After this, I tried to repair with installer package.
>>> Later I uninstalled the present client and re-installed the windows
>>> installer package again from the Tortoise website but again found
>>> the same
>>> problem(given below). I read sections 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 and 3.3.4 of
>>> Developer's guide.
>>> How can I proceed further? Pls advice
>>
>> The dll error was probably because your command line is picking up a
>> cygwin version of svn. Tortoise does *not* provide a command line
>> version of svn. It does provide some command line tools, but they
>> aren't the same as standard svn.
>>
>> Using TortoiseSVN, open an Explorer window, right click any directory or
>> drive and choose "SVN Checkout..." from the context menu. It might be
>> in the TortoiseSVN sub menu.
>>
>> In the resulting dialog, enter the correct url
>> (http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk) in the "URL of
>> repository" field, and a suitable local directory in the "Checkout
>> directory" field. Ensure the two check boxes are cleared and select the
>> "HEAD" radio button. Click "OK".
>>
>> After a suitable period of time you should have the source tree on your
>> local hard disk. Continue as per the developers guide.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Graham Bloice
>>
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Regards,
Graham Bloice