RE: CVS/ssh hang, FreeBSD server, Windows client, 1.11.17

[Conrad T. Pino]

> From: Doug Lee
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 16:19
> 
> I run a CVS 1.11.17 serveron FreeBSD and a CVS 1.11.17 client under
> various Windows versions.  I use Cygwin ssh for the transport.
> 
> On a Win98 machine, commands execute but hang after completing their
> work.  Example:  `cvs status proj.c' will print all it should but not
> return to a prompt until I type Ctrl+C.  This is consistent across all
> commands.  Typing Ctrl+C is not my favorite thing to do to CVS. :-)
> 
> `cvs -t ...' shows the hang always occurs in (or after)
> Lock_Cleanup().  There are no lock files I can see hanging around on
> the server, and CVS commands from other places (local and remote, ssh
> and non-ssh) work fine.  The Win98 machine's Cygwin ssh client appears
> to work also, including returning to its caller when terminating.  I
> tested this both with an interactive ssh shell and by running `ls'
> using the same syntax shown by `cvs -t' (namely, `cvs <addr> ls').
> 
> Any ideas?

Try any level of compression:

        cvs -z1 version

If that works consider using creating a ".cvsrc" file.