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Chris

CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/27 22:54 #1

Amigans Defender

Has anybody recently tried using the Amiga CVS client with Sourceforge's read/write CVS service? It was working.. um.. earlier in the year I suppose... in desperation I tried doing a new checkout and I'm getting the same error.

Sourceforge's instructions:
Quote:

cvs -z3 -d:ext:USERNAME@PROJECTNAME.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/PROJECTNAME checkout MODULENAME

Always (and have always) resulted in:
Quote:

cvs checkout: :ext: method not supported by this port of CVS
cvs [checkout aborted]: try :server: instead

Changing to :server: used to work, but now gives:

Quote:

SSH: Error reading public key packet (0, ).
cvs [checkout aborted]: could not start server via rcmd(): Bad file descriptor

Anybody got a solution? I see SF have some SSH key service thing, but I understand that shouldn't be required (no idea if it works with our CVS client anyway - given the amount of trouble I have with CVS on AmigaOS I'd be very surprised if it did)

LiveForIt

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/27 23:04 #2

Home away from home

Download OpenSSH

copy ssh-keygen and all other stuff to SDK:bin

in shell type ssh-keygen you need to enter file name on AmigaOS4 as you do not have HOME path,
type in a password you like or just have it blank.

I don't know about SF.net but GITHUB has a page where you need past in the public key.

Then use snoopy and check what path CSV looks for when it tries to read the ssh keyfile.

Edited by LiveForIt on 2011/10/27 23:39:45

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xenic

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/28 15:35 #3

Just can't stay away

@Chris
I tried an anonymous checkout of an Amiga cvs repository with this:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mailtext.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mailtext checkout mailtext

It worked so maybe you could try something similar. I've never had any luck with the -z option and for whatever reason the CVS program doesn't seem as stable as it was previously. Using CVS several times in succession can cause a crash or TCP/IP lockup on my system now. The last time I tried it (months ago) it was less problematic.

Chris

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/28 18:01 #4

Amigans Defender

@xenic

Yes, anonymous works fine, but I (will) need to check stuff in.

@LiveForIt

I'll give that a try and report back, thanks!

Chris

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/28 19:42 #5

Amigans Defender

@LiveForIt

Doesn't seem to be working unfortunately. I've uploaded the public part of the key but still getting the public key error message (yes I have waited 30 mins for sf's replication). Snoopy is not reporting anyting of note, just a load of env-vars that don't look relevant.

I've just updated my CVS client as it was a couple of minor revisions old, but that hasn't helped.

xenic

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/29 15:44 #6

Just can't stay away

@Chris
Yes. You're right. I checked in a couple of minor bugfixes to the jabberwocky CVS repository in September but can't even check out the code with my password any more. I get the same error as you got. As of now, I'm locked out and can't make any changes to the few projects I contribute to. I need a solution to this too.

Amiga X1000 with 2GB memory & OS 4.1FE + Radeon HD 5450

xenic

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/29 16:08 #7

Just can't stay away

@Chris
I visited the SourceForge site and checked recent outages. There was a CVS outage for some projects that was supposedly fixed on Oct 22. I left a message about our problem but don't know if it will do any good. My message included the fact that I'm an Amiga user. It probably wouldn't hurt if you also notified them of the problem as an Amiga user. Maybe they'll fix it or tell us what needs to be done to regain access.

Amiga X1000 with 2GB memory & OS 4.1FE + Radeon HD 5450

xenic

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/31 16:18 #8

Just can't stay away

@Chris
I still can't get CVS access to my SourceForge projects. Surely there are other devs still using CVS with Amigas. I can't believe we are the only 2 people with CVS access problems.

Amiga X1000 with 2GB memory & OS 4.1FE + Radeon HD 5450

Chris

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/10/31 18:51 #9

Amigans Defender

@xenic

I raised a support ticket and they asked for more info today (which is fair enough; I provided literally no information originally) so they can "reproduce the problem".

I have pointed them to the CVS client and suggested they might like to try it under emulation :)

Annoyingly the :server: method isn't supported under Cygwin's CVS so it is impossible to check if the same thing is happening there (:ext: works fine)

Chris

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/11/2 21:22 #10

Amigans Defender

Reply:

Quote:

We only support ext for read/write. If other methods work for you (or have
in the past), great, but we only ensure that it works with ext.

Great.

xenic

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/11/3 13:24 #11

Just can't stay away

@Chris
I guess sf.net is too busy making money now

Next they'll be telling people they only support access from Windows. No wonder the YAM team moved the YAM project out of SourceForge.

Amiga X1000 with 2GB memory & OS 4.1FE + Radeon HD 5450

broadblues

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/11/3 13:41 #12

Home away from home

Quote:

Quote:
We only support ext for read/write. If other methods work for you (or have
in the past), great, but we only ensure that it works with ext.

Great.

So implement :ext: support in CVS then, you'll be a hero

Blender For OS4.x : Blues : Walker Broad

salass00

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/11/3 14:42 #13

Just can't stay away

@xenic

Unless you are forced to use CVS for some reason I would suggest using SVN (Subversion) instead on sourceforge as it's better supported on AmigaOS, easier to use and it is "CVS done right".

For me at least the sourceforge CVS has never worked very well, no matter what OS I use always getting only a few files and then failing with some message about unexpected dying gasps from sourceforge CVS server (haven't tried recently though to see if they've fixed this issue).

xenic

Re: CVS and Sourceforge

Posted on: 2011/11/4 16:17 #14

Just can't stay away

@salass00
Quote:

Unless you are forced to use CVS for some reason I would suggest using SVN (Subversion) instead on sourceforge as it's better supported on AmigaOS, easier to use and it is "CVS done right".

There are some cases where projects have been placed in a CVS repository and more or less abandoned by original authors & admins. It might make sense to move projects to SVN but it's unlikely to happen in some cases. I'm not a very good programmer and have just been adding bug fixes in a couple of CVS projects over the past year or two, so it won't really bother me to abandon those projects too.
Quote:

For me at least the sourceforge CVS has never worked very well, no matter what OS I use always getting only a few files and then failing with some message about unexpected dying gasps from sourceforge CVS server (haven't tried recently though to see if they've fixed this issue).

I had the reverse problem until I switched to a high-speed connection. With dialup, CVS worked flawlessly but SVN would fail after sending a few files. It would take a dozen attempts to check out a large project like YAM with SVN. The SVN servers seem to need fast responses from the client program.

Amiga X1000 with 2GB memory & OS 4.1FE + Radeon HD 5450

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