Subject: Re: CVS_RSH to ssh
To: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de>
From: Harry Waddell <waddell@caravan.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 06/17/2003 10:18:24
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:48:28 +0200
Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 05:16:53PM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> > do people object much if i apply the following patch, to make
> > ssh(1) the default way for cvs to contact remote host?
>
> Hm. given that it contradicts cvs packages as obtained elsewhere, and
> that some people use pserver access regularly (including me, depending
> on which anoncvs server I need to access today), I don't think it's wise.
>
> Regards,
> -is
>
Yes, exactly.
If people want to use ssh instead of rsh, it's easy enough to
make cvs use ssh. I would prefer that the behaviour remain as it is, since
the need for the change is far less important here than the need for
consistency.
--
Harry Waddell
Caravan Electronic Publishing
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