From mark.cooke at siemens.com Mon Aug 24 05:55:52 2009 From: mark.cooke at siemens.com (Cooke, Mark) Date: Mon Aug 24 05:56:04 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? Message-ID: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Hello, I have been using vss2svn to convert VSS archives as one of my first tasks (new job). This is a fantastic piece of work, especially as it does not require VSS to run (no need to buy a license for something you are getting rid of), so a big "Thanks". Two questions: 1) which is the official site ~ is it still pumacode.org (which seems to have the latest update) or google code? Can you update the front page of either with a note to point to the latest? 2) I seem to get an awful lot of orphaned files. Using svndumpfilter to cut out the orphaned files after one conversion drastically reduced the size of the file. Is this normal? I know the VSS archives had never had analyze run on them (but did not seem to have many errors when I did run it against a copy)? Thanks for any help, ~ Mark C From Saurabh.Joshi at kpitcummins.com Mon Aug 24 06:11:21 2009 From: Saurabh.Joshi at kpitcummins.com (Saurabh Joshi) Date: Mon Aug 24 06:13:06 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: <371569CBCFB2E745B891DBB88B2DFDDD16FB66A485@KCINPUNHJCMS01.kpit.com> Hi Mark, 1) which is the official site ~ is it still pumacode.org (which seems to have the latest update) or google code? Can you update the front page of either with a note to point to the latest? Download VSS2SVN (vss2svn-0.11.0-alpha1) from - http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/Releases/0.11.0Alpha1 2) I seem to get an awful lot of orphaned files. Using svndumpfilter to cut out the orphaned files after one conversion drastically reduced the size of the file. Is this normal? I know the VSS archives had never had analyze run on them (but did not seem to have many errors when I did run it against a copy)? Orphaned files are created to the issues in VSS (as deleting the parent revision/version makes the files orphaned in VSS). Try running the analyzer with -d option. Hope this helps. Regards, Saurabh Joshi. -----Original Message----- From: vss2svn-users-bounces@lists.pumacode.org [mailto:vss2svn-users-bounces@lists.pumacode.org] On Behalf Of Cooke, Mark Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:26 PM To: vss2svn-users@lists.pumacode.org Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? Hello, I have been using vss2svn to convert VSS archives as one of my first tasks (new job). This is a fantastic piece of work, especially as it does not require VSS to run (no need to buy a license for something you are getting rid of), so a big "Thanks". Two questions: 1) which is the official site ~ is it still pumacode.org (which seems to have the latest update) or google code? Can you update the front page of either with a note to point to the latest? 2) I seem to get an awful lot of orphaned files. Using svndumpfilter to cut out the orphaned files after one conversion drastically reduced the size of the file. Is this normal? I know the VSS archives had never had analyze run on them (but did not seem to have many errors when I did run it against a copy)? Thanks for any help, ~ Mark C _______________________________________________ vss2svn-users mailing list Project homepage: http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/ Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Admin: http://lists.pumacode.org/mailman/listinfo/vss2svn-users-lists.pumacode.org Mailing list web interface (with searchable archives): http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.vss2svn.user From toby at etjohnson.us Mon Aug 24 10:55:06 2009 From: toby at etjohnson.us (Toby Johnson) Date: Mon Aug 24 10:55:24 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Cooke, Mark wrote: > 1) which is the official site ~ is it still pumacode.org (which seems to > have the latest update) or google code? Can you update the front page > of either with a note to point to the latest? PumaCode is still the "official" site; it will be migrated to Google Code hopefully shortly but that effort got stalled for a bit. I'll update Google Code with a note to that effect. 2) I seem to get an awful lot of orphaned files. Using svndumpfilter to > cut out the orphaned files after one conversion drastically reduced the > size of the file. Is this normal? I know the VSS archives had never > had analyze run on them (but did not seem to have many errors when I did > run it against a copy)? There's no such thing as "normal" in VSS :) Every archive is screwed up in its own unique way depending on usage patterns, length of use, moon phases etc. I would highly recommend that, before you run "analyze", you make a backup of the existing repo first. We've seen cases where running analyze makes it even more difficult to migrate rather than less. In general my advice would be to convert the existing repo as-is, and then "fix" it using available Subversion tools (svndumpfilter etc.), rather than try to fix it first and then convert. toby -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.pumacode.org/pipermail/vss2svn-users-lists.pumacode.org/attachments/20090824/2d33777d/attachment.html From rd at virtual.ru Mon Aug 24 12:31:38 2009 From: rd at virtual.ru (Dmitry Repkin) Date: Mon Aug 24 12:31:51 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: <67635559.20090824203138@virtual.ru> Hello, Mark. > 2) I seem to get an awful lot of orphaned files. Using svndumpfilter to > cut out the orphaned files after one conversion drastically reduced the > size of the file. Is this normal? I know the VSS archives had never > had analyze run on them (but did not seem to have many errors when I did > run it against a copy)? I strongly recommend you to get all files from VSS database, all files from resulting SVN database and compare it. The result will show you whether you lose files (as 'orphaned' or not). If you frequently use history, also check it for your most common projects - have you loose it or not. Also check this mail list for fixes - there are some patches available here but not in 'official' dist or repository. Best regards, Dmitry From nathan-svn at spicycrypto.ca Mon Aug 24 12:46:12 2009 From: nathan-svn at spicycrypto.ca (Nathan Kidd) Date: Mon Aug 24 12:46:22 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: <4A92C3D4.7010601@spicycrypto.ca> Cooke, Mark wrote: > 2) I seem to get an awful lot of orphaned files. Using svndumpfilter to > cut out the orphaned files after one conversion drastically reduced the > size of the file. Some info on fixing orphans (rather than completely removing them) is at http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/FixingTheDumpfile#OrphanedFiles -Nathan From bryan.a.aldrich at gmail.com Mon Aug 24 13:26:19 2009 From: bryan.a.aldrich at gmail.com (Bryan Aldrich) Date: Mon Aug 24 13:26:29 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: <91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com> Are you running against the latest nightly? Or 11.1? Bryan On 8/24/09, Cooke, Mark wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using vss2svn to convert VSS archives as one of my first > tasks (new job). This is a fantastic piece of work, especially as it > does not require VSS to run (no need to buy a license for something you > are getting rid of), so a big "Thanks". > > Two questions: > > 1) which is the official site ~ is it still pumacode.org (which seems to > have the latest update) or google code? Can you update the front page > of either with a note to point to the latest? > > 2) I seem to get an awful lot of orphaned files. Using svndumpfilter to > cut out the orphaned files after one conversion drastically reduced the > size of the file. Is this normal? I know the VSS archives had never > had analyze run on them (but did not seem to have many errors when I did > run it against a copy)? > > Thanks for any help, > > ~ Mark C > > _______________________________________________ > vss2svn-users mailing list > Project homepage: > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/ > Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Admin: > http://lists.pumacode.org/mailman/listinfo/vss2svn-users-lists.pumacode.org > Mailing list web interface (with searchable archives): > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.vss2svn.user > > -- Sent from my mobile device From mark.cooke at siemens.com Tue Aug 25 03:09:17 2009 From: mark.cooke at siemens.com (Cooke, Mark) Date: Tue Aug 25 03:09:39 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Hello List, Thanks for your comments, replies below... > There's no such thing as "normal" in VSS :) Every archive is > screwed up in its own unique way depending on usage patterns, > length of use, moon phases etc. I would highly recommend > that, before you run "analyze", you make a backup of the > existing repo first. We've seen cases where running analyze > makes it even more difficult to migrate rather than less. > > In general my advice would be to convert the existing repo > as-is, and then "fix" it using available Subversion tools > (svndumpfilter etc.), rather than try to fix it first and > then convert. > Thanks Toby, I made a copy of the repo files locally and run the tools against that, both quicker and safer than running against the network version. At the moment we are still evaluating subversion against another (expensive) tool used elsewhere in the company, so I can hone skills now before (hopefully) doing a final conversion sometime. > Are you running against the latest nightly? Or 11.1? > > Bryan > Thanks Bryan => I used vss2svn-0.11.0-alpha1.zip ~ I do not have perl installed (more of a python person) so went with the pre-built option. I am open to persuasion that it is worth the effort going for the nightly build (although I notice the last night seems to have been a while ago). > Some info on fixing orphans (rather than completely removing them) is at > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/FixingTheDumpfile#Orphaned Files > > -Nathan > Thanks Nathan, I did find this page, however I am not familiar with the contents of the archives as yet (one of the attractions of vss2svn was the lack of a VSS license!) as I only started here a few weeks ago. I tried archive/restore of an individual project out of the main large archive and ended up with everything under 'orphaned' so I am now mainly following the advice in: http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/RunningTheMigration > I strongly recommend you to get all files from VSS database, all files > from resulting SVN database and compare it. The result will show you > whether you lose files (as 'orphaned' or not). If you frequently use > history, also check it for your most common projects - have you loose > it or not. > > Also check this mail list for fixes - there are some patches available > here but not in 'official' dist or repository. > > Best regards, > Dmitry > I have recently acquired a VSS license so am starting this process but as I said, I am new to the source so it is a slow process! I will trawl the back archives but patches mean I will need to install Perl and they are fussy about what you install here... With Thanks, ~ Mark C From bryan.a.aldrich at gmail.com Tue Aug 25 03:40:05 2009 From: bryan.a.aldrich at gmail.com (Bryan Aldrich) Date: Tue Aug 25 03:40:13 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com> <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: <91cfdb810908250040k53eb3482hc4046d99fd41ec7e@mail.gmail.com> The latest nightly, even the old one from pumacode will have numerous fixes for orphaned files. Bryan On 8/25/09, Cooke, Mark wrote: > Hello List, > > Thanks for your comments, replies below... > >> There's no such thing as "normal" in VSS :) Every archive is >> screwed up in its own unique way depending on usage patterns, >> length of use, moon phases etc. I would highly recommend >> that, before you run "analyze", you make a backup of the >> existing repo first. We've seen cases where running analyze >> makes it even more difficult to migrate rather than less. >> >> In general my advice would be to convert the existing repo >> as-is, and then "fix" it using available Subversion tools >> (svndumpfilter etc.), rather than try to fix it first and >> then convert. >> > Thanks Toby, I made a copy of the repo files locally and run the tools > against that, both quicker and safer than running against the network > version. At the moment we are still evaluating subversion against > another (expensive) tool used elsewhere in the company, so I can hone > skills now before (hopefully) doing a final conversion sometime. > > >> Are you running against the latest nightly? Or 11.1? >> >> Bryan >> > Thanks Bryan => I used vss2svn-0.11.0-alpha1.zip ~ I do not have perl > installed (more of a python person) so went with the pre-built option. > I am open to persuasion that it is worth the effort going for the > nightly build (although I notice the last night seems to have been a > while ago). > > >> Some info on fixing orphans (rather than completely removing them) is > at >> > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/FixingTheDumpfile#Orphaned > Files >> >> -Nathan >> > Thanks Nathan, I did find this page, however I am not familiar with the > contents of the archives as yet (one of the attractions of vss2svn was > the lack of a VSS license!) as I only started here a few weeks ago. > > I tried archive/restore of an individual project out of the main large > archive and ended up with everything under 'orphaned' so I am now mainly > following the advice in: > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/RunningTheMigration > > >> I strongly recommend you to get all files from VSS database, all > files >> from resulting SVN database and compare it. The result will show you >> whether you lose files (as 'orphaned' or not). If you frequently use >> history, also check it for your most common projects - have you loose >> it or not. >> >> Also check this mail list for fixes - there are some patches available >> here but not in 'official' dist or repository. >> >> Best regards, >> Dmitry >> > I have recently acquired a VSS license so am starting this process but > as I said, I am new to the source so it is a slow process! I will trawl > the back archives but patches mean I will need to install Perl and they > are fussy about what you install here... > > > With Thanks, > > ~ Mark C > > _______________________________________________ > vss2svn-users mailing list > Project homepage: > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/ > Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Admin: > http://lists.pumacode.org/mailman/listinfo/vss2svn-users-lists.pumacode.org > Mailing list web interface (with searchable archives): > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.vss2svn.user > > -- Sent from my mobile device From mark.cooke at siemens.com Tue Aug 25 04:54:53 2009 From: mark.cooke at siemens.com (Cooke, Mark) Date: Tue Aug 25 04:55:03 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <91cfdb810908250040k53eb3482hc4046d99fd41ec7e@mail.gmail.com> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net><91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com><38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <91cfdb810908250040k53eb3482hc4046d99fd41ec7e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF6721@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Hi Bryan, List, > > The latest nightly, even the old one from pumacode will have numerous > fixes for orphaned files. > > Bryan > OK, I will try the "nightly" build instead. I guess I went with the comment "The current recommended release is 0.11.0 Alpha 1." (on http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/InstallingVss2Svn) When was Alpha 1 released? Ah, I found it by browsing the source (use the tools, Luke!): 08/04/2006 compared to 30/04/2008 for the nightly. Thanks, ~ Mark C From nathan-svn at spicycrypto.ca Tue Aug 25 11:20:12 2009 From: nathan-svn at spicycrypto.ca (Nathan Kidd) Date: Tue Aug 25 11:20:23 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com> <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: <4A94012C.3030102@spicycrypto.ca> Cooke, Mark wrote: >> Some info on fixing orphans (rather than completely removing them) is at >> http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/FixingTheDumpfile#OrphanedFiles > > I did find this page, however I am not familiar with the > contents of the archives as yet (one of the attractions of vss2svn was > the lack of a VSS license!) as I only started here a few weeks ago. Ah, yes, manually fixing an orphan pretty much requires a long history of the project in the back of your brain so you know that ProjectFoo_123 was changed to ProjectBaz back in '99. Keep in mind that orphans aren't *necessarily* a problem. They generally indicate that at some point in history your record won't be 100% accurate, but if the latest checkout from your conversion (HEAD) is identical to the checkout of VSS, then that may be sufficient. (You're pretty well guaranteed that the VSS history contains anomalies too, and if you've never hit them it just proves you don't need a 100% accurate historical record that badly and orphans are okay.) On the other hand, if you're dealing with e.g. a live code base, don't underestimate the importance of accurate, connected history because svn has a killer feature that VSS doesn't: blame If you are ever going to look at some lines of a file and ask yourself, "why was this written this way", blame (especially with TortoiseSVN) lets you drill back to see how (who, log message, diff) those lines changed over the history of the file. If the history is broken (disconnected orphan) then you'll only be able to go back so far. > I tried archive/restore of an individual project out of the main large > archive and ended up with everything under 'orphaned' so I am now mainly > following the advice in: > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/RunningTheMigration I wouldn't put too much stock in any archive/restore test. In my experience those operations make the conversion even more difficult with results like you had of everything orphaned. -Nathan From toby at etjohnson.us Tue Aug 25 11:45:38 2009 From: toby at etjohnson.us (Toby Johnson) Date: Tue Aug 25 11:45:45 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF6721@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com> <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <91cfdb810908250040k53eb3482hc4046d99fd41ec7e@mail.gmail.com> <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF6721@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Cooke, Mark wrote: > OK, I will try the "nightly" build instead. I guess I went with the > comment "The current recommended release is 0.11.0 Alpha 1." (on > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/InstallingVss2Svn) > > When was Alpha 1 released? Ah, I found it by browsing the source (use > the tools, Luke!): 08/04/2006 compared to 30/04/2008 for the nightly. So usually at this point when people get confused about the fact that the "nightlies" aren't really nightly anymore, or that the "recommended" version isn't really the recommended one, I apologize for things being out of date and say I'll fix it "real soon now". But this time I actually made some progress on that front. I've promoted the last nightly build to what I'm calling 0.11.0 (no Alpha) and changed the reference on the wiki. I've also updated the Google Code site to indicate that it's not yet finished and users should still go to PumaCode for now. I still don't have the ActiveState Perl-to-exe tool installed anywhere I can easily use it in order to create another build using the latest patches. I'll do that real soon now :) toby -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.pumacode.org/pipermail/vss2svn-users-lists.pumacode.org/attachments/20090825/080d0606/attachment.html From mark.cooke at siemens.com Tue Aug 25 12:03:38 2009 From: mark.cooke at siemens.com (Cooke, Mark) Date: Tue Aug 25 12:03:48 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net><91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com><38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net><91cfdb810908250040k53eb3482hc4046d99fd41ec7e@mail.gmail.com><38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF6721@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF69A8@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Folks, > > OK, I will try the "nightly" build instead. I guess I went with > > the comment "The current recommended release is 0.11.0 Alpha 1." > > (on http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/InstallingVss2Svn) > > > > When was Alpha 1 released? Ah, I found it by browsing the source (use > > the tools, Luke!): 08/04/2006 compared to 30/04/2008 for the nightly. > > > > So usually at this point when people get confused about the > fact that the "nightlies" aren't really nightly anymore, or > that the "recommended" version isn't really the recommended > one, I apologize for things being out of date and say I'll > fix it "real soon now". > > But this time I actually made some progress on that front. > I've promoted the last nightly build to what I'm calling > 0.11.0 (no Alpha) and changed the reference on the wiki. I've > also updated the Google Code site to indicate that it's not > yet finished and users should still go to PumaCode for now. > > I still don't have the ActiveState Perl-to-exe tool installed > anywhere I can easily use it in order to create another build > using the latest patches. I'll do that real soon now :) > Without all your effort we would not even be here, so I can only say a big "thank you" once again! I also need to look into compiling this myself, it is after all a good reason to learn some perl! > On the other hand, if you're dealing with e.g. a live code base, > don't underestimate the importance of accurate, connected history > because svn has a killer feature that VSS doesn't: blame > > -Nathan > ...I generally prefer the aliases for blame: praise (or annotate)! ~ Mark C From toby at etjohnson.us Tue Aug 25 12:25:52 2009 From: toby at etjohnson.us (Toby Johnson) Date: Tue Aug 25 12:26:01 2009 Subject: Project site ? Orphaned files? In-Reply-To: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF69A8@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> References: <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF63FD@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <91cfdb810908241026m3a3bf473ne25158b0bb9b5671@mail.gmail.com> <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF66AC@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <91cfdb810908250040k53eb3482hc4046d99fd41ec7e@mail.gmail.com> <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF6721@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> <38E3A921A2B9FC46B02E566BDED7CF4E01FF69A8@oxfw0e1a.ww001.siemens.net> Message-ID: On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Cooke, Mark wrote: > Without all your effort we would not even be here, so I can only say a > big "thank you" once again! I also need to look into compiling this > myself, it is after all a good reason to learn some perl! Glad the project has helped you out! Just to be clear, the .exe isn't really "compiled". It just bundles the Perl interpreter with the script and necessary libraries in what is basically a self-extracting zip archive and makes it all "just work" behind the scenes. The only thing that is compiled is the ssphys tool which hasn't changed in a very long time. So if you install the Perl interpreter locally you can make all the changes to the script and run it directly. (Sorry if that was already obvious, just didn't want you wasting time trying to compile anything you didn't need to). toby -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.pumacode.org/pipermail/vss2svn-users-lists.pumacode.org/attachments/20090825/a8d03c33/attachment.html