reassign 296231 ssh thanks On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 12:22:01AM -0800, Mark Symonds wrote: >Package: cvs >Version: 1:1.12.9-10 >Severity: normal > >Hi, > >I noticed this: > >symonds:~$ echo $CVS_RSH >SSH >symonds:~$ cvs -d >:ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user/cvsroot checkout . >cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot exec rsh: No such file or directory >cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any) >symonds:~$ > >After looking around a bit, I noticed that there is >no symlink /usr/bin/rsh -> /etc/alternatives/rsh >...causing cvs to bail. > >Running update-alternatives --configure rsh didn't >help since the symlink never existed in /usr/sbin. > >Perhaps I'm missing something here, but shouldn't that >symlink exist? Not sure if this should go here, or >to the SSH maintainer or both.
CVS has no control over the rsh symlink, it merely uses it. That's the job of the ssh package AFAIK. I'm reassigning this bug there in case there is a bug in how that's being handled. However, if you want to _explicitly_ use ssh with cvs, then tell CVS that, either by setting CVS_RSH=ssh or using :ext=ssh: as your access method. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
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