On 11-01-16 06:44 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 1/16/11 6:41 PM, Kevin Horton wrote: >> On 11-01-16 06:26 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On 1/16/11 6:22 PM, Kevin Horton wrote: >>>> I need to checkout a fresh fink tree, as my old one was on a hard drive >>>> that died, and I hadn't backed it up because I could just checkout a new >>>> one if needed. >>>> >>>> But, I cannot login to cvs via the command line. I've logged in to >>>> sourceforge via the web, so I know the password is good. I'd like to >>>> update some of my packages to reflect new upstream versions, but I'm >>>> stuck until I get cvs to play ball. I've spent hours digging through >>>> the cvs docs, my saved fink e-mails, etc, but I've run out of things >>>> to try. >>>> >>>> cvs commands and responses: >>>> >>>> % cvs -d:pserver:r...@fink.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fink login >>>> Logging in to :pserver:r...@fink.cvs.sourceforge.net:2401/cvsroot/fink >>>> CVS password: >>>> cvs login: authorization failed: server fink.cvs.sourceforge.net >>>> rejected access to /cvsroot/fink for user rv8 >>>> >>>> Am I using the wrong cvs command, or do I no longer have commit >>>> privileges, or is something else going on? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> >>> Shouldn't you be using :ext: for non-anonymous logins? >> Yeah, I found the answer on the sourceforge wiki about two minutes after >> sending my plea for help. >> >> I did: >> >> export CVS_RSH=ssh >> cvs -z3 -d:ext:my_login...@fink.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fink >> checkout dists >> >> and it worked. >> >> It might be nice to have some info on the fink wiki on developer access >> to cvs. >> >> Thanks, > It's buried in: > > http://www.finkproject.org/doc/multilingual/files.php?phpLang=en#change-checkout > That is in a section describing how to edit the Fink documentation files. I've never edited Fink documentation, so I would never have looked at this page. No one will find the info there.
I've saved the info I need in my personal repository of knowledge, so I shouldn't have this problem again. But, others might be helped if the info was in a more obvious location, perhaps somewhere in the "Package Maintainership" of the Fink Wiki. Take care, -- Kevin Horton Ottawa, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
