Re: [PATCH] git-cvsimport: add support for cvs pserver password scrambling.

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 13, 2009, 16:43 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0908131837110.7429@intel-tinevez-2-302>
In-Reply-To: <7vhc0udiac.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> writes:
> 
> > Quoting Dirk Hörner:
> >
> >> Instead of a cleartext password, the CVS pserver expects a scrambled one
> >> in the authentication request. With this patch it is possible to import
> >> CVS repositories only accessible via pserver and user/password.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Dirk Hoerner <dirker@gmail.com>
> >
> > Junio, may I ask what happened to this patch?
> 
> I do not use cvs emulation myself, nor pserver access, and I actually have
> been waiting for people who do use pserver access to report breakages and
> people pointing this patch out.

I really think it would be good if this patch was amended with a simple and quick test. Using the stdin/stdout server method, it should not be hard.

Ciao, Dscho