Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 18:03:58 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/anoncvs.html Message-ID: <20020421150358.GA11443@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <p05100322b8e396fa9d22@[192.168.254.205]> References: <p05100322b8e396fa9d22@[192.168.254.205]>
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On 2002-04-17 15:11, Rich Morin wrote: > When I followed the instructions on this page, I got a fatal error. > I then tried creating an empty ~/.cvspass file, which seems to work: How about this patch to mirrors/chapter.sgml? %%% Index: chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.209 diff -5 -u -r1.209 chapter.sgml --- chapter.sgml 17 Apr 2002 04:18:32 -0000 1.209 +++ chapter.sgml 21 Apr 2002 14:59:42 -0000 @@ -1092,10 +1092,20 @@ provides the well-known password <quote>anoncvs</quote> with the <command>cvs login</command> command, and then uses the &man.cvs.1; command to access it like any local repository.</para> + <note> + <para>The <command>cvs login</command> command, stores the passwords + that are used for authenticating to the CVS server in a file + called <filename>.cvspass</filename> in your + <literal>HOME</literal> directory. If this file doesn't exist, + you might get an error when trying to use <command>cvs + login</command> for the first time. Just make an empty + <filename>.cvspass</filename> file, and retry to login.</para> + </note> + <para>While it can also be said that the <link linkend="cvsup">CVSup</link> and <emphasis>anoncvs</emphasis> services both perform essentially the same function, there are various trade-offs which can influence the user's choice of synchronization methods. In a nutshell, %%% To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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