Re: (Hopefully) simple $CVSROOT question

[Alexander von Below]

Thanks a lot!

Am 23.03.2004 um 18:58 schrieb Sarah Gonzales:
> the Root file *should* indeed contain the access method - you can add 
> it manually if you need to, although this should *not* be necessary.
>
>         :ext:myServer.local/whatever/path/cvsrep

 I did that already - unsure now where I got the misleading info to 
leave it out - and ever since things work

> 1. make sure there are no spaces in your Rendevous name - the 
> Rendevous name is basically synonymous with localhost, so... if 
> necessary (assuming you're accessing CVS on your local box), use 
> localhost instead.

No, this is not the local box, but actually a server. Why I am not 
simply using it's IP is beyond the scope of this thread...

> 2. One downside of Rendevous that I have noticed is that it apparently 
> is not capable of looking on the local net for identical Rendevous 
> names - if competing names exist, as of Jaguar (haven't checked this 
> in Panther, I'm using Panther), neither machine would be accessible 
> via Rendevous

Thanks for this info, I will test this when I can (using Panther as 
well)

> 3. Rendevous does NOT currently cross subnets, so... I assume this 
> isn't the issue since you are apparently able to check it out.

One of the few things I can assume is that the client and the server 
will be on the same subnet when using cvs

> I tried using the Rendevous name to access our CVS repository using 
> pserver method and it worked like a champ.

This may again be beyond the scope of this list, but is there any 
advantage to using pserver vs. ssh?

Thanks

Alex