Re: CVS for DOS?

[Arno Schuring]

Hello Spiro!

Regarding ssh for dos: there is no widely-used tcp/ip stack available for 
DOS, so such network applications you are very unlikely to find. 
http://www.wattcp.com is the only one that I know of, but I have never seen 
a ssh client that uses wattcp.

I imagine it would be possible to port cvs to DOS using djgpp 
(http://www.delorie.com/djgpp), but you would still be stuck at the 
connectivity level - DOS has no native networking support.

There is no real risk in mixing DOS and windows environments (especially up 
to w98), since they share a common base (filesystem, line endings). You 
might run into problems with long filenames, but you probably already have 
encountered (or willfully avoided) those.


Regards,
Arno

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spiro Trikaliotis" <address@hidden>
To: "info-cvs ML" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:26 PM
Subject: CVS for DOS?


> Hello,
>
> 1. As we all know, it is always recommended to generate a CVS sandbox at
>   the system on which the development should occur. That is, if we use
>   Windows, use a Windows client, if we use some kind of Unix, use that
>   client.
>
> 2. Furthermore, it is considered "bad practice" to share sandboxes
>   between systems.
>
> Now, I have the problem that I need access from a MS-DOS machine to a
> remote CVS repository. Anywhere, using google, I did not find any
> version of CVS for DOS (nor did I find ssh, which would be needed for
> remote access, but this is another story).
>
> Currently, I checkout the sandbox in Windows and move it to DOS via
> Windows shares. It works, but it surely violates 1. and 2. Of courses,
> Windows line endings and DOS line endings are the same, so 1. might not
> be that big a problem, but 2. is one. Furthermore, it is very error
> prone.
>
> So, I ask you if you know of any DOS version of CVS (binary), or how I
> could build that? If anyone knows how to find a working ssh client, this
> would help me, too.
>
> BTW: Now, it is no option to not use DOS at all, but to use the DOS box
> of Windows, or some emulators on Linux. The compiler environment uses
> some custom DOS extender, which is not compatible with all DOS "boxes" I
> know of. Running a real DOS on VMWare is an option, and this is in fact
> what I am doing.
>
> Any input is highly appreciated,
>   Spiro.
>
> --
> Spiro R. Trikaliotis
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>
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