Re: cvs release needs to connect 3 times to the server

[Spiro Trikaliotis]

Hello Mark,

thanks for your answer and sorry for the off-list answer from me, I
pressed the wrong key. :-(

I resend my answer to your answer to the mailing list for full referral
through the mailing list archive.

* On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 11:19:00PM -0700 Mark D. Baushke wrote:

> You should get three prompts, but only two of them would be for your
> passphrase. The final prompt should be
>
> "Are you sure you want to release directory `...path-to-delete...':
> yes"

No. In fact, I first get the two prompts, and then, after the "Are you
sure", I get another prompt:

[...snipp...] 
$ cvs release vice
address@hidden's password: 
address@hidden's password: 
cvs server: src/arch/os2/Snippets/Makefile.am is no longer in the repository
cvs server: src/arch/os2/Snippets/Makefile.in is no longer in the repository
[...]
You have [0] altered files in this repository.
Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `vice': yes
address@hidden's password:
cvs release: no such directory: vice
[...snapp...]

> The first one does a 'cvs -n -q update' on the repository to see if
> there are any changes in your tree before it releases it for you.
>
> The second actually does the release for you if you answer 'yes' to
> the release prompt.

Isn't it possible to make all actions with just one ssh invocation?


> You really should consider an upgrade or at least getting the latest
> security patches for your cvs.

Well, the server and the main client do get security updates, as
Debian/Stable incorporates most security fixes into the current version
(1.11.1p1debian-9woody2). Only the cygwin version is a little bit
critical, but as it is only used against one (my own!) cvs server and
only inside a local net and behind a firewall, I can live with this
limitation.

> However, it has the same behavior in the current stable and feature
> releases of cvs of doing the 'cvs -nq update' on your module before
> releasing it.

Well, then there remains the question what the 3rd pass(word|phrase) is
for?

Best regards,
   Spiro.

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