Re: CVS binaries/source for solaris 2.

[Larry Jones]

=?iso-8859-1?q?PRUDHVIDHAR=20lingala?= writes:
> 
>  I want to install CVS on a UNIX box which has SUNOS
> 5.8
> 1) Can i use existing binaries for SUNOS 5.6 at
> CVSHOME? Or is it best to download the source and
> compile on this box?

Either one should work.  My personal preference would be to download the
source and build it myself.

> 2) While i am trying to download binaries/source code
> from CVSHOME errors are coming,which i attached below
> 
> # ftp
> ftp> open ftp.cvshome.org
> Connected to ftp.cvshome.org.
> 220 Features: a p .
> Name (ftp.cvshome.org:plingala):
> 230 Hi. No need to log in; I'm an anonymous ftp
> server.
> ftp> type binary
> 200 Okay, using binary.
> ftp> passive
> ?Invalid command

Your FTP client doesn't understand passive mode (at least not with that
command).

> ftp> cd /pub/latest
> 250 "/pub/latest"
> ftp> ls
> 200 Okay.
> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed
> connection

Assuming there's a long delay between those two messages (the 200 and
the 421), you're likely behind a firewall and need to use passive mode. 
If so, you need to figure out how to get your client to use passive mode
or get a different FTP client.  Alternatively, it may be that you need
to enable sending port commands (many FTP clients use the "sendport"
command for that).

-Larry Jones

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