Hi!

I have just been wondering why do we need .../CVS/Root files distributed
along NetBSD-current tarballs. I belive it can result in situation where
people use primary anoncvs server instead of nearest mirror. I almost did
that. And shouldn't everybody have $CVSROOT set anyway? And those
.../CVS/Root files are also consuming some disk space too.

Here is what I am mean:
bash-2.05$ pwd
/usr/src
bash-2.05$ echo $CVSROOT
:ext:anoncvs@anoncvs.no.netbsd.org:/cvsroot
bash-2.05$ echo $CVS_RSH
ssh
bash-2.05$ tar -zxvf /cdrom/NetBSD-current-180701/src/top-level.tar.gz -C
/usr
src/CVS
src/CVS/Repository
src/CVS/Entries
src/CVS/Root
src/Makefile
src/Makefile.inc
src/UPDATING
bash-2.05$ rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts
bash-2.05$ cvs update UPDATING
The authenticity of host 'anoncvs.netbsd.org (204.152.184.161)' can't be
established.
RSA key fingerprint is a0:b1:35:d7:56:be:2c:30:78:b0:21:df:43:d9:64:5c.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? no
Aborted by user!
verify_host_key failed
cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if
any)
bash-2.05$ cat CVS/Root
anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot
bash-2.05$ rm CVS/Root
bash-2.05$ cvs update UPDATING
The authenticity of host 'anoncvs.no.netbsd.org (129.242.16.119)' can't be
established.
RSA1 key fingerprint is 72:bc:03:78:24:e5:e4:9f:96:66:30:09:0c:d0:30:a5.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'anoncvs.no.netbsd.org,129.242.16.119' (RSA1)
to the list of known hosts.
bash-2.05$

So either I delete CVS/Root files or write 'cvs -d
:ext:anoncvs@anoncvs.no.netbsd.org:/cvsroot update UPDATING' which I realy
wouldn't like to type so often. So why don't we just get rid of
.../CVS/Root files already in tarballs. Is this a good idea, or do I have
missed some important point here.

Regards
Petri Koistinen