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Re: Binary package CVS using OpenSSH hang under Win98...


I tend to think that this is a CVS bug.  I have the same problem with the
latest CVS client(1.10.8) under Linux and Solaris as well.

cheers,
-Matt Smith


> I am a COMPLETE newbie to cygwin.  I am a longtime Linux user having
> to deal with Win32 development again.  I want to use my current Linux
> sshd-based CVS repository for this new project.  What I have done:
>
> I just downloaded the setup.exe file from cygwin's ftp site, ran it,
> selected install from Internet, used the defaults for install locations,
> and then only selected the cvs, gdbm, cygwin, and openssh packages for
> install.  From there, I added the c:\cygwin\bin directory to my path,
> created a c:\cygwin\home\friar\.ssh directory tree
> added 3 environment variables:
>
> set HOME=c:\cygwin\home\friar
> set CVS_RSH=ssh
> set CVSROOT=friar@<testip>:/test/cvsroot
>
> to my autoexec.bat and was ready to roll.  I can run ssh directly
> to connect to the server shell accounts securely.
>
> The only catch I've found so far is that it can't seem to "finish"
> cvs commands.  CVS is left in a hung state after it's done performing the
> command tasks.
>
> I see in the mailing list archives that someone reported a similar bug
> neer the end of August.  Has there been any progress on this?
> I can't seem to find any follow-up information.  Can anyone see something
> I may have missed?  I am not a member of this list so please reply direct
> to me.
>
> --friar



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