CVSROOT checkout?

[Brad Davis]

On Fri, September 17, 2004 2:47 am, Xin LI said:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:37:35AM +0200, Attila Nagy wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Is this normal and just the document lags behind reality?
>
> I think you may want
>   setenv CVSROOT :ext:anoncvs at anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
>
> Instead.  This should work in this case.  Note that with ssh you
> don't need a cvs login any more.
>
> Maybe we should document about how to use a SSH anoncvs?

Yeah, I'll add that to my list..


Regards,
Brad Davis