Re: cvs hangs using ssh

[Derek Robert Price]

Lynn Quam wrote:

> I am using ssh for cvs communication to a remote repository.  I have
> set CVS_RSH=ssh and CVSROOT is of the form 
> ":ext:<user>@<remote-host>:<directory>".
>
> Everything appears to run correctly except that cvs hangs at the end
> of all transactions.  I must type control-C to the Unix shell to kill
> the process.  I do not have this problem when using :pserver
> connections to remote repositories.
>
> Is this a problem with cvs, ssh, or something else?
>
> My configuration is:
>
> RedHat Linux 7.2, Linux kernel 2.4.7-10
>
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.1p1 (client/server)
>
> OpenSSH_2.9p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090602f

Have you tried executing an arbitrary server script with SSH?  I haven't 
experienced or heard of this problem with this version before and my 
configuration is pretty similar to yours.

Derek

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