Re: linux client / NT server and misinterpreted $CVSROOT (ie user@host:c:/cvs

[Harry Slaughter]

solution posted below:

Harry Slaughter wrote:
> i have a proper pserver string in the format: ":pserver:user@host:c:/cvs"
>
> i found one thread on this topic in another newsgroup and no other 
> references
> (including cvs/bugzilla), but i can't imagine i'm the only one having 
> this problem.
>
> the trouble is that when you use that format for $CVSROOT under linux, cvs
> misinterprets "c:" and you get errors:
>
> hlslaughter@hlslaughter-rh9:~/cvs/rcp> setenv CVSROOT 
> ":pserver:user@host:c:/cvs"
>
> hlslaughter@hlslaughter-rh9:~/cvs/rcp> cvs login
> cvs login: CVSROOT may only specify a positive, non-zero, integer port 
> (not `c:').
> cvs login: Perhaps you entered a relative pathname?
> cvs [login aborted]: Bad CVSROOT: `:pserver:user@host:c:/cvs'.
> Exit 1
>
> hlslaughter@hlslaughter-rh9:~/cvs/rcp>
>
> i read that this bug was introduced with 1.11 (it doesn't exist in 1.10)
>
> i've tried building 1.10, but it won't build on my system (RH9). and i 
> can't
> build the latest src RPMS from cvshome.org either (stupid new rpmbuild 
> is a mess).
>
> so i'm stuck with 1.11.* versions, and they all seem to have this same bug.
>
> is there a workaround for it? i've tried putting '\' in front of various 
> things.
> that doesn't work either.

a nice usenet read emailed me the answer
instead of:
  :pserver:user@host:c:/cvs

use:
  :pserver:user@host:/c//cvs

nice hack eh?