>> you want either use pserver or ssh, don't mix them up.
>
>I sync'ed originally using pserver, and subsequently with SSH and no problems 
>here. Any reason why you're telling us not to mix the two methods up?

if you *always* specify the path to the CVSROOT on the command line,
then it's fine.  i do this frequently.  if you set it in the
environment, it will get overridden by the contents of the CVS/Root
files, possibly resulting in confusion.

pick a method and stay with it, be it always specifying, or only using
one means of access.

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