RE: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-10 Thread Arthur Barrett
Rob, Glad to hear you eventually got the problem sorted. As you discovered WinCVS actually uses the CVSNT client not the CVS (cvshome) client. In future if you direct questions regarding CVSNT to the CVSNT newsgroup you will probably get a more direct response:

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-10 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: Arthur Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED]; cvs info-cvs@gnu.org Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 7:47 AM Subject: RE: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server Rob, Glad to hear you eventually got the problem sorted. As you discovered WinCVS

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-09 Thread Arno Schuring
set CVSRSH to something like this: C:\tools\Putty\plink.exe -ssh -pw mypassword The env var CVSRSH is the rsh command that cvs ext: is to run. Setting CVSRSH (to anything) makes no difference. If I run: try CVS_RSH Arno ___ Info-cvs mailing list

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-09 Thread Russ Sherk
On Apr 9, 2005 4:33 AM, Arno Schuring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set CVSRSH to something like this: C:\tools\Putty\plink.exe -ssh -pw mypassword The env var CVSRSH is the rsh command that cvs ext: is to run. Setting CVSRSH (to anything) makes no difference. If I run: try CVS_RSH

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: Spiro Trikaliotis [EMAIL PROTECTED] No. The problem is that you did not read the sourceforge documentation correctly. ;-) Quoting http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=122047: Anonymous CVS Access [... telling about pserver ...] Developer CVS

RE: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Jim.Hyslop
Sisyphus wrote: The FAQ says that Win32 cvs clients don't get along with Unix cvs servers, and the mix should be avoided. Is that advice still correct ? Absolutely not. AFAIK that mis-advice has _never_ been correct. Where did you read that? I didn't see any topic along those lines at

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finally ended up at http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=766group_id=1#download which provides a step-by-step guide on how to get it working with WinCVS and PUTTY - reckon I can successfully get through that if I

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Spiro Trikaliotis
Hello, * On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 12:29:57AM +1000 Sisyphus wrote: Which brings me back to finding out how to get the SSH stuff working with the cvs-1.11.19 binaries. Any advice/links on that ? Yes, the link I already gave you: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=122047 You might even want

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Russ Sherk
On Apr 8, 2005 10:29 AM, Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finally ended up at http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=766group_id=1#download which provides a step-by-step guide on how to get it working with

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: Spiro Trikaliotis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: info-cvs@gnu.org Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:32 AM Subject: Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server Hello, * On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 12:29:57AM +1000 Sisyphus wrote: Which brings me back to finding out how

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: Jim.Hyslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cvs info-cvs@gnu.org Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:26 AM Subject: RE: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server Sisyphus wrote: The FAQ says that Win32 cvs clients don't get along with Unix cvs servers, and the mix should

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: Russ Sherk [EMAIL PROTECTED] set CVSRSH to something like this: C:\tools\Putty\plink.exe -ssh -pw mypassword The env var CVSRSH is the rsh command that cvs ext: is to run. Setting CVSRSH (to anything) makes no difference. If I run: cvs -d :ext:[EMAIL

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-08 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED] I might reinstall WinCVS and try with it later. Aaah, yes - cvsnt and putty work nicely together (after setting the CVS_RSH environment as per Russ's recommendation) - 'co', 'update' and 'commit' now work beautifully. Many thanks

Re: Win32 cvs client - Unix cvs server

2005-04-07 Thread Spiro Trikaliotis
Hello, * On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 12:36:39PM +1000 Sisyphus wrote: The FAQ says that Win32 cvs clients don't get along with Unix cvs servers, and the mix should be avoided. Is that advice still correct ? I use this constellation myself very often, and I do not have this problem. Thus, from my