worked perfectly... thx a lot  :))

Jojo

>On Wed, 23 May 2001, Mike Bush wrote:
>
>> This seems to be normal if your using the pkgsrc from the ftp and
>> updating with CVS.
>
>Well, normal if you are trying to do rsh-based cvs. :-)
>
>> try this (under bash):
>> export CVS_RSH=ssh
>> cvs update -P -d
>
>Under (t)csh that's setenv CVS_RSH ssh
>
>> Mike
>> 
>> On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 04:34:26PM -0700, Jojo wrote:
>> > ok, either i am stupid or there is something wrong with the description
>> > om how to get cvs to checkout the pkgsrc tree to update it...
>> > 
>> > I get:
>> > cvs update -d -P
>> > anoncvs.netbsd.org: Connection refused
>> > cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages
>if any)
>> > 
>> > i did setenv CVSROOT as desrcibed on teh page "Tracking NetBSD-current
>> > with anoncvs"
>> > 
>> > on cvs login i get:
>> > cvs login: can only use pserver method with `login' command
>> > cvs [login aborted]: CVSROOT: anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot
>                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>> > what am i doing wrong here?
>
>There's no ":pserver:" in that declaration, so you're not doing
>pserver-based cvs, so the login command doesn't do any good. That's what
>cvs is trying to tell you.
>
>I'd recomend using the ssh-based cvs you're now using. That way you can
>easily tell if anyone tries to impersonate the anoncvs server (which is
>why we have it set up that way). If someone does try to do something
>naughty, ssh will complain.
>
>Take care,
>
>Bill
>