[Python-Dev] SSH problems getting into SourceForge's CVS?

[Thomas Heller]

Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:

> On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 10:20, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> When I tried "cvs update" today, I got an error from ssh:
>
> Same thing happens to me when I use cvs.python.sf.net:/cvsroot/python
> but not when I use cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/python.  I think the latter is
> the current approved way of connecting to the cvs repository (I've been
> using that form with Mailman for a while and also have no problems
> there).

Yes, this is also what they mention on the CVS pages.

> I'll attach a nice little cvs_chroot script that Greg Ward sent me a
> long time ago.  I'm sure he won't mind.  cd to your python directory and
> type:
>
> % cvs_chroot cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/python
>
> Then do a cvs up and all should be golden.

I had to type

  cvs_chroot :ext:<name>@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/python

where <name> is the sourceforge users name.

Greg's script even works on windows, as it seems.

Thomas