Review board Add repository errors

nithyasri243 2019-09-03 04:52:42 UTC #1

Type: Suggestion
Description:
We are using Bitnami Review board on Windows OS, while configuring CVS Repositories observed "The executable "cvs.exe" is not in the path".

I already have cvs.exe, add path to the Enviromental Variables but when I restart the service ReviewBoard still couldn't find the cvs.exe

Kindly provide solution for the same.

jota 2019-09-03 07:20:04 UTC #2

Hi @nithyasri243,

Thank you for using Bitnami. There is a similar thread in this forum from some years ago, can you take a look at it?

https://community.bitnami.com/t/cvs-repositories-configuration-error-the-executable-cvs-exe-is-not-in-the-path/24781/4?u=jota

If that doesn't work for you, could you please let us know the steps you followed when getting that error in the application? We would like to work on reproducing it and find a solution for the error.

Thanks

nithyasri243 2019-09-03 08:39:03 UTC #3

Thank you for your quick reply. I have uploaded the screenshot of the error page.Please look into it and revert me for the solution.

The version of ReviewBoard: 3.0.15 on windows OS

nithyasri243 2019-09-03 09:04:50 UTC #4

We installed Review Board 3.0.15 On Windows OS( Review Board installed in my system D:Drive)
WinCVS was already installed in my system C:Drive
CVS.exe path added into System Environmental Variables((System properties > Advanced tab > Environment variables...)
4.Now we are trying to add CVS repository( Review Board->Admin-> Database->Add repository->
Name(sample name)
Repository type(CVS)
Path(:pserver:myuser:mypass@serverip:/home/cvsrepo/pv)

On clicking SAVE The following error message was displayed "The executable "cvs.exe" is not in the path."

gongomgra 2019-09-03 10:43:09 UTC #5

Hi @nithyasri243,

Can you please load the Bitnami console and run the commands below? With that we could see which directories are configured on your PATH environment variables and if the cvs.exe binary is found or not.

where cvs.exe
cvs.exe --version
echo %PATH%

I installed CVS on my Windows system, restarted the machine once the installation process finished and I can run cvs.exe commands from the command line properly. I didn't need to set any environment variable though.

Regards,
Gonzalo

nithyasri243 2019-09-03 12:15:08 UTC #6

Hi gongomgra,

Thank you for your quick reply.
where cvs.exe
cvs.exe --version
echo %PATH%
Output:C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\WinCvs 1.3\CVSNT

When the above commands are given in command prompt ,the path we are getting is "C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\WinCvs 1.3\CVSNT". But in review board still we getting the same issue.

Thanks

gongomgra 2019-09-04 09:50:12 UTC #7

Hi @nithyasri243,

Can you send us the output of running the three commands from the Bitnami console? An screenshot of the results may also be of help. Can you also try to install ReviewBoard in the same disk than CVS to verify if you get the same issue?

Regards,
Gonzalo

monikagm461 2019-09-04 11:27:53 UTC #8

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nithyasri243 2019-09-04 11:40:10 UTC #9

Hi,

please find attached screen shot above commands run in Bitnami console.

Thanks

gongomgra 2019-09-05 10:28:42 UTC #10

Hi @nithyasri243,

Thanks for the screenshot. Can you try to completely uninstall CVS and install it into a non-whitespaces path? Maybe ReviewBoard is not properly working internally with paths containing spaces. Is there anything relevant in the Apache error log file?

After that, please restart your server and try to setup the repository again. Run the commands in the Bitnami console again if you find issues and send us a new screenshot so we can check the new values.

Regards,
Gonzalo

nithyasri243 2019-09-06 04:20:48 UTC #11

Hi gongomgra,

Thank you for your response. I Reinstalled CVS as per your instruction settings was done and cvs.exe error was resolved.
After that observed error "environment can only contain strings" on trying to save Add Repository settings.

CVS.exe PATH added in System Variables(System properties > Advanced tab > Environment variables)

Kindly provide information to resolve same.

nithyasri243 2019-09-06 05:13:28 UTC #12

gongomgra 2019-09-06 10:09:58 UTC #13

Hi @nithyasri243,

I'm glad you fixed the issue about the cvs.exe binary not found. I have been able to reproduce your new issue (environment can only contain strings). I found there were previously similar errors opened in the ReviewBoard support forums but I didn't find any solution to this.

We recommend you to open a new ticket in the ReviewBoard support forum for them to help you to debug your issue. Please find below the link to the ReviewBoard forums

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/reviewboard

Best regards,
Gonzalo

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