Subject: Re: CVS difficulties
To: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/25/2002 11:51:31
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Steve Tremblett wrote:

> | try specifying the CVSROOT you want on the command line and doing the
> | login.  alternately, make sure that you have CVS_RSH set to ssh.  once
> | you find a CVSROOT that works for you, change all your CVS/Root files
> | to point to it.
>
> Still no go :(

> # export CVS_RSH=ssh
> # cvs login
> cvs login: can only use pserver method with `login' command
> cvs [login aborted]: CVSROOT: anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot

You don't need to perform the login step with CVS_RSH=ssh -- just
do the checkout. It's kinder to the server to use "-d
:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot", by the way, without
CVS_RSH=ssh.

Frederick