[Spambayes] can't write to CVS...

Stefan Drees sdrees@sdrees2.de
Sat, 7 Sep 2002 08:07:11 +0200


On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 12:15:54AM -0500 - a wonderful day - 
					Skip Montanaro wrote:
> I'm listed as a developer on SF and have the spambayes CVS 
> module checked out using my SF username, but I'm unable to 
> write to the repository.  CVS complains:
> 
>     % cvs add unheader.py
>     cvs [server aborted]: "add" requires write access to 
>			the repository
> 
> Any thoughts?
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:<user>@cvs.<project>.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/<project> login

is ok, but for adding and such you have to ensure:
1) export CVS_RSH=ssh
2) cvs -z3 -d:ext:<user>@cvs.<project>.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/<project> co <project>

change inside project/spam-or-ham

3) inside <project>/ things like cvs -z3 add unheader.py

"""
The cvs abort messages if forgetting 1) or using :pserver: instead of 
:ext: are irritating at best.

HTH.

All the best,
		s t e f a n.
-- 
Stefan Drees, sdrees@acm.org.