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cvsimport does not work with passwords ?

From
Marcin Wiśnicki <mwisnicki@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 28, 2011, 20:59 UTC
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<ipckgd$krd$2@dough.gmane.org>

I have to import part of public cvs repository that is protected by password (which is "anoncvs"):

> export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.fr.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
> cvs login
And now I can use cvs and cvsps, when I try git however:
> git cvsimport -vk projects/pkgtools
AuthReply: I HATE YOU

It seems that it does not send the password. From captured network conversation:

-> BEGIN AUTH REQUEST -> /home/ncvs -> anoncvs -> A -> END AUTH REQUEST <- I HATE YOU

But `cat ~/.cvspass`: /1 :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.fr.freebsd.org:2401/home/ncvs Ay=0=h<Z

So why is git not sending the password ?
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