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Re: [PATCH] Authentication support for pserver

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Dec 14, 2007, 05:44 UTC
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<20071214054427.GE14735@spearce.org>
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> avar@cpan.org (Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason) writes:
> > +
> > +    # This should never happen, the same format has been used since
> > +    # CVS was spawned
> > +    $str =~ s/^(.)//;
> > +    die "invalid password format $1" unless $1 eq 'A';
> 
> I do not quite understand what "spawn" means in this sentence.
spawned: since it came from the depths of hell and cursed all
         developers, until the day Git was born.  :-)
-- 
Shawn.
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Message 3 of 25 in “Authentication support for pserver”
  1. Authentication support for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 14, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceDec 14, 2007
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 14, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2007
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 14, 2007
  7. Martin LanghoffDec 18, 2007
  8. Martin LanghoffDec 18, 2007
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 7, 2008
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 7, 2008
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 19, 2008
  12. Martin LanghoffJun 19, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2008
  15. 0/6 git-cvsserver: password support for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  16. 1/6 git-cvsserver: authentication support for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  17. 1/6 git-cvsserver: authentication support for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  18. 2/6 git-cvsserver: use a password file cvsserver pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  19. 2/6 git-cvsserver: use a password file cvsserver pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  20. 3/6 git-cvsserver: indent & clean up authdb codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  21. 4/6 git-cvsserver: Improved error handling for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  22. 5/6 git-cvsserver: document making a password without htpasswdÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  23. 6/6 git-cvsserver: test for pserver authentication supportÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  24. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 18, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2007

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