Re: Accessing the repository of CVS itself

[Larry Jones]

Reinstein, Shlomo writes:
> 
> Can the repository of CVS itself be accessed using a web interface?

Yes, the project source code page that contains the CVS downloading
instructions has a link at the top to browse the source code on-line:

        <http://ccvs.cvshome.org/source/browse/ccvs/>

> I've
> tried to login to the server using the instructions on the cvshome.org
> website:
> cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvs login
> But couldn't. Is it possible that I can't login to that server because I'm
> behind a firewall?

It's hard to say since you didn't bother to say exactly what kind of
error you got.

> One thing the website doesn't mention is what password to provide as a
> guest. I assumed it's an empty password.

That's correct.  You can skip the login complete provided you're running
a reasonably recent version of CVS.  It works fine for me.

-Larry Jones

TIME?!  I just finished the first problem! -- Calvin