Re: [FT2 bug contest :-)]

[Jeff Wolkenhauer]

Hi all,

I've never accessed freetype via the CVS server and have yet to successfully
checkout the modules that way.

>From Unix, CShell:
  % setenv CVSROOT :pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot

  At this point if I type "cvs login", cvs just returns a usage dump.
  If I try just "cvs co freetype2" I get ":unknown host" followed by
  "cvs [checkout aborted]: premature end of file from server".


On Windows, I've tried both WinCVS and jCVS.
On WinCVS, I set up the server in the preferences dialog with
":pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot".  I try the login option, enter
the password anonymous, and get "cvs [login aborted]: connect to
cvs.freetype.org:2401 failed: Connection refused".

On jCVS, I set the option for pserver, password=anonymous,
server=cvs.freetype.org, repository=/cvsroot.  I get a "Connection refused"
error for address@hidden


I would be very greatful if someone could show me the error of my ways.  I could
get the "current" sources from the Web site, but I thought I'd be a good boy and
follow the instructions to access the sources via CVS. =-)

Thanks for any help,
Jeff
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David Turner wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>   I'm posting the instructions to test the infamous "cache" bug,
>   since it seems lots of people have already proposed their help.
>   the following should work equally well on Unix and Windows.
>   You _need_ GNU make.
> 
>   1. Get the current "freetype2" and "ft2demos" modules from
>      the CVS server. CVS password is "anonymous"; On Unix:
> 
>           export CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot
>           cvs login
>           cvs co freetype2 ft2demos
> 
>   2. Compile the library in "developer mode" (no optimisations, debugging
>      and static build only to avoid libtool):
> 
>           cd freetype2
>           make setup devel
>           make
> 
.....