Re: Can't download CVS!

[Rhino]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim.Hyslop" <address@hidden>
To: "'Rhino'" <address@hidden>; "cvs" <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:06 PM
Subject: RE: Can't download CVS!


> Rhino wrote:
> > I've decided to make the working assumption that binary
> > downloads with a
> > status of "Draft" are "Features" versions and that they
> > aren't too buggy.
> > (See my previous post.)
> Seen, and it sounds like the best choice on your part (see my response to
> your previous post ;=)
>
Unless it would be better to use CVSNT or WinCVS as Larry suggested....

What are your thoughts on the relative merits of CVS, CVSNT, and WinCVS? Why
would I choose one over the other? What are the negatives of each? Which of
these integrates best with Eclipse?

> > I tried to download cvs-1-12-11.zip from the win32 binary downloads.
> > However, when I clicked on it to download it, I got "The page
> > cannot be
> > displayed" from IE6. Ditto for cvs-1-12-10.zip and
> > cvs-1-11-17.zip. What's
> > going on?
> Hmmm... works OK for me. I'm using Mozilla, though. Could there be a
> firewall or proxy issue? The link goes directly to a .zip file - have you
> tried right-clicking on the file name and selecting the IE equivalent of
> "Save link target as..."?
>
Yes, I tried that and it didn't work in IE: I got a message about a problem
with an HTTP Redirect.

When I tried the download with Firefox it worked fine, which was a relief. I
never have problems with downloads so I hadn't even thought of using a
different browser; I just assumed there was a problem on the CVS server. Of
course now I'm concerned about why IE won't download from CVS and am
starting to wonder if I will start having problems with downloads from other
sites....

I can't download the docs via IE either so I'll find the latest cederqvist
and download it via Firefox.

Thanks for pointing out that the browser could be the problem!

Rhino