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setting up git-cvsserver

Subject: setting up git-cvsserver

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3 messages between Aug 1, 2006 and Aug 3, 2006.

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Uwe Zeisberger· Aug 1, 2006, 15:49 UTC · lore

Hello,

I cannot checkout a git repo via cvs, I think the only problem is, that I don't know how to specify the CVSROOT:

fs-n1:~# grep git- /etc/inetd.conf 2402 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/git-cvsserver pserver

fs-n1:~# GIT_DIR=/data/vcs/git/LxNETES-2.4/bl.git git var -l core.repositoryformatversion=0 core.filemode=true gitcvs.enabled=1 GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT=root <root@fs-n1.fsforth.de> 1154447177 +0200 GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT=root <root@fs-n1.fsforth.de> 1154447177 +0200

uzeisberger@io:~$ cvs -d :pserver:fs-c:2402/data/vcs/git/LxNETES-2.4/bl.git login Logging in to :pserver:uzeisberger@fs-c:2402/data/vcs/git/LxNETES-2.4/bl.git CVS password: cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from fs-c: Unknown command BEGIN VERIFICATION REQUEST at /usr/local/sbin/git-cvsserver line 132, <STDIN> line 1. uzeisberger@io:~$ cvs -d :pserver:fs-c:2402/data/vcs/git/LxNETES-2.4/bl.git co master cvs [checkout aborted]: unrecognized auth response from fs-c: Unknown command BEGIN AUTH REQUEST at /usr/local/sbin/git-cvsserver line 132, <STDIN> line 1.

cvs version is 1.12.13 (Debian) git-cvsserver is from v1.4.2-rc2-gbc9e1b8 rest of git is 1.4.0

probably I'm just too stupid to read and understand the docs...

Best regards Uwe

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Johannes Schindelin· Aug 1, 2006, 16:23 UTC · re: Uwe Zeisberger · lore

Re: setting up git-cvsserver

Hi,

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Uwe Zeisberger wrote:

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> I cannot checkout a git repo via cvs, I think the only problem is, that
> I don't know how to specify the CVSROOT:
> 
> fs-n1:~# grep git- /etc/inetd.conf 
> 2402    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/sbin/git-cvsserver pserver

>From Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt:

-- snip --
Note: In some cases, you need to pass the 'pserver' argument twice for
git-cvsserver to see it. So the line would look like

------
   cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody git-cvsserver pserver pserver
-- snap --

So, maybe this solves your problem?

OTOH it might be cleverer to use SSH transport to begin with.

Hth, Dscho

Uwe Zeisberger· Aug 3, 2006, 08:36 UTC · re: Johannes Schindelin · lore

Re: setting up git-cvsserver

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Uwe Zeisberger wrote:
> 
> > I cannot checkout a git repo via cvs, I think the only problem is, that
> > I don't know how to specify the CVSROOT:
> > 
> > fs-n1:~# grep git- /etc/inetd.conf 
> > 2402    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/sbin/git-cvsserver pserver
> 
> From Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt:
> 
> -- snip --
> Note: In some cases, you need to pass the 'pserver' argument twice for
> git-cvsserver to see it. So the line would look like
> 
> ------
>    cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody git-cvsserver pserver pserver
> -- snap --
> 
> So, maybe this solves your problem?

Yes, thanks. Sorry. The mail was written in a hurry because I wanted to reach a bus.

BTW, after reading inetd.conf(5), I think the git-cvsserver should occur twice, not pserver. The first (actually the 6th) item specifies the path to the binary to call and the next it the program name the program sees (i.e. argv[0] (in C) resp. $0 (in Perl)).

You could circumvent that by testing $0 == "pserver" in git-cvsserver.

> OTOH it might be cleverer to use SSH transport to begin with.

For me not. I have to convice some managers in my company that it is sensible to only switch the linux department to git. They want to assert that every engineer can access anybodys code. Because not every "other" developper has an account on our cvs server anonymous pserver is what *I* want.

Best regards Uwe

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