Re: CVS/ssh hang, FreeBSD server, Windows client, 1.11.17

[Doug Lee]

On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 09:59:22PM -0700, Conrad T. Pino wrote:
> > From: Doug Lee
> > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 16:19
> > 
> > I run a CVS 1.11.17 serveron FreeBSD and a CVS 1.11.17 client under
> > various Windows versions.  I use Cygwin ssh for the transport.
> > 
> > On a Win98 machine, commands execute but hang after completing their
> > work.  Example:  `cvs status proj.c' will print all it should but not
> > return to a prompt until I type Ctrl+C.  This is consistent across all
> > commands.  Typing Ctrl+C is not my favorite thing to do to CVS. :-)
> > 
> > `cvs -t ...' shows the hang always occurs in (or after)
> > Lock_Cleanup().  There are no lock files I can see hanging around on
> > the server, and CVS commands from other places (local and remote, ssh
> > and non-ssh) work fine.  The Win98 machine's Cygwin ssh client appears
> > to work also, including returning to its caller when terminating.  I
> > tested this both with an interactive ssh shell and by running `ls'
> > using the same syntax shown by `cvs -t' (namely, `cvs <addr> ls').
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Try any level of compression:
> 
>       cvs -z1 version
> 
> If that works consider using creating a ".cvsrc" file.

That does work.

Why?!

Thanks much though...

Is this a CVS problem, an ssh problem, a phase-of-the-moon problem, or
what?  It only seems to affect my Win98 box...

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