Re: [Savannah-help-public] CVS access at Savannah under AmigaOS

[Olaf Barthel]

Werner LEMBERG schrieb:
> > We do not accept protocol 1 at Savannah (it's now weak), only
> > protocol 2.
>
>
> That's a pity.  AFAIK, there is no CVS port to AmigaOS which supports
> protocol 2, only 1.5 -- note that the port contains a built-in,
> stripped-down ssh client, thus :ext: doesn't work (you have to use the
> :server: tag instead).
>
> Jens, Olaf, are there any plans to add ssh2 support to your port?

Not yet. The problem which the built-in SSH1 client solves still exists: 
there is no working general pipe support available to all AmigaOS versions. 
 If it existed, then the SSH client of your choice could be "plugged in", 
so to speak, through "setenv CVS_RSH mumble" and the :ext: server access 
method.

Finding a suitable SSH2 implementation and integrating it into the Amiga 
CVS port is difficult. While there is a promising solution in SSHDOS, the 
porting of the original SSH1 client, then part of SSHDOS, was rather 
painful, so I expect that porting the SSH2 client will be be just as 
unpleasant.

I understand the need to replace the SSH1 client software, so a solution 
will have to be found to get SSH2 support into the Amiga CVS client. I 
expect to find some time around the Christmas holidays this year to look 
into the matter. Upgrading the CVS port to use a more recent CVS code base 
wouldn't be a bad idea either.

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