allison:/usr/pkgsrc # cat ~/.cvsrc
cvs -q
update -d -P
checkout -P
diff -u
allison:/usr/pkgsrc # echo $CVSROOT
anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot
allison:/usr/pkgsrc # echo $CVS_RSH
ssh
allison:/usr/pkgsrc #

Funny how something has just recently changed for me, and 'cvs update' in
/usr/src still works.

On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Christian Biere wrote:

> Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd@twofifty.com> wrote:
>
> > cvs [login aborted]: internal error: get_cvs_port_number called for
> > invalid connection method (ext): Invalid argument
> >
> > Anyone have a hint for me?
>
> Either your use the prefix ":ext:" in your CVSROOT or you've put this
> into your~/.cvsrc. For CVS over ssh you need no prefix at all. If you
> don't use ssh, you must use the prefix ":pserver:".
>
> http://netbsd.org/Documentation/current/#using-anoncvs
>
> Christian
>

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