On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 11:46:49PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Mike M ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030612 21:48]: > > On the Debian system, when I query evironments vars, I do not set > > CVS_RSH set. Why do the Debian systems allow the :ext: access > > method to work without having the CVS_RSH var set? > > The default is to use rsh. If you've installed ssh, but not > rsh-client, then /usr/bin/rsh is a symlink to ssh. (Well, indirectly, > anyway, through the alternatives system).
... for now, anyway. There's a bug report asking for this to be removed since ssh no longer implements the rsh fallback that it used to implement; I'm inclined to agree, so it may disappear soon. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
