CVSROOT checkout?

Brad Davis so14k at so14k.com
Fri Sep 17 08:42:38 UTC 2004


On Fri, September 17, 2004 2:37 am, Attila Nagy said:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to checkout the FreeBSD CVSROOT from CVS, but I cannot find
> it.
>
> Some years ago I was able to do this from anoncvs.freebsd.org, but
> currently it refuses CVS pserver access.
>
>  From the following page:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/anoncvs.html
>
> neither
> "USA: freebsdanoncvs at anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs (ssh only - no
> password)"
>
> and
>
> "setenv CVSROOT :pserver:anoncvs at anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
> % cvs login
> At the prompt, enter the password ``anoncvs''."
>
> does not work.
>

try: CVSROOT=freebsdanoncvs at anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
cvs co blah

it says ssh only so leave out the :pserver: part.


Regards,
Brad Davis



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