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Re: cvsimport does not work with passwords ?

From
Marcin Wiśnicki <mwisnicki@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 28, 2011, 21:35 UTC
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<ipcmjp$krd$4@dough.gmane.org>
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:59:57 +0000, Marcin Wiśnicki wrote:
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> 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
> 
I have tried another mirror that uses ssh:
> export CVSROOT=:ext:anoncvs@anoncvs1.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
> export SSH_RSH=ssh

And this also does not work because git tries to use rsh. According to google this should work.

Any ideas why cvsimport is so broken for me ?
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  1. Marcin WiśnickiApr 28, 2011
  2. Marcin WiśnickiApr 28, 2011
  3. Marcin WiśnickiApr 28, 2011
  4. Jeff KingApr 28, 2011
  5. Marcin WiśnickiApr 28, 2011
  6. Andreas SchwabApr 29, 2011
  7. git-cvsimport: normalize hostname for password lookupAndreas Schwab, Apr 29, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2011

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