Re: cvs hangs using ssh

[Derek Robert Price]

Kevin Wang wrote:

> Openssh will hang if there's a process that has forked off of the main 
> command and is still attached to the tty.  For example, if you have a 
> regular ssh command, run tail -f on a log file, background it, and 
> then try and logout; it will hang.  A bug, imho, but annoying nonetheless.
>
>    - Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynn Quam [mailto:quam@cowell.ai.sri.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 2:15 PM
> To: bug-cvs@gnu.org
> Subject: cvs hangs using ssh
>
>
> 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

So, when this happens, is the CVS executable still running on the server 
or is it some other process?

Derek

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