Re: cvs 1.11.2 server hungs on sigpipe

[Derek Robert Price]

Paul Edwards wrote:

> Well, can a non-existant HOME be treated such that any
> files attempting to be read from HOME simply don't exist,
> ie pointing to an imaginary, empty directory?
>
> Or does it need a place to write stuff too?
>
> BFN.  Paul.
>  

Yeah, in the case of `cvs login', CVS needs somewhere to write to.  It 
stores semi-encrypted passwords in $HOME/.cvspass on login and uses 
those passwords to connect during later updates/commits/whatever.

In the particular case of the update from an anonymous account without a 
password, where the call to `cvs login' is not actually required, I 
could see treating the mising $HOME as a missing .cvspass file (for 
commands other than `cvs login'), in which case CVS usually attempts the 
command with an empty password.

We love to see patches!

Derek

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