CVS problems on 64-bit cygwin

CVS problems on 64-bit cygwin

[lloyd.wood]

I'm having trouble with pulling from cvs under 64-bit cygwin. 

I have parallel 32-bit and 64-bit cygwin installs on a Win7 Enterprise machine. 

Under 32-bit cygwin, I do this all the time: 
cvs -z3 -d:ext:lloydwood@savi.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/savi co savi-dev 

and quite happily; type password at prompt, pull files and go. 

Under 64-bit cygwin, this doesn't work; I never get a password prompt. 

I see that the cvs versions are different: 


Under 64-bit cygwin: 
$ which cvs 
/usr/bin/cvs 

$ cvs -version 

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.23 (client/server) 

Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 

Under 32-bit cygwin 
$ which cvs 
/usr/bin/cvs 

$ cvs -version 

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.13 (client/server) 

Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 


So, different versions, the cvs version under 64-bit Cygwin appears  earlier than the version under 32-bit Cygwin (but I no longer understand FSF version numbering; don't ask me about gcc 5...) but this earlier(?) version has a later year. And, unlike 32-bit, doesn't seem to work. 

Something here is very very odd, and I'd appreciate enlightenment.

thanks 

Lloyd Wood 
http://savi.sf.net 

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Re: CVS problems on 64-bit cygwin

[Warren Young]

On Jan 28, 2016, at 9:11 PM, lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> 
> Under 64-bit cygwin, this doesn't work; I never get a password prompt. 

I do.  Sooo…what’s your password? :)  (Kidding.)

> $ cvs -version 
> 
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.23 (client/server) 

That’s what I’m running, too.

Are you doing this under MinTTY or a Windows console?  If the latter, try it under MinTTY.
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Re: CVS problems on 64-bit cygwin

[Marco Atzeri]

On 29/01/2016 05:11, lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> I'm having trouble with pulling from cvs under 64-bit cygwin.
>
> I have parallel 32-bit and 64-bit cygwin installs on a Win7 Enterprise machine.
>
> Under 32-bit cygwin, I do this all the time:
> cvs -z3 -d:ext:lloydwood@savi.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/savi co savi-dev
>
> and quite happily; type password at prompt, pull files and go.
>
> Under 64-bit cygwin, this doesn't work; I never get a password prompt.

try with
  CVS_RSH="ssh"; export CVS_RSH
  cvs -z3 -d:ext:lloydwood@savi.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/savi co 
savi-dev


> I see that the cvs versions are different:
>
>
> Under 64-bit cygwin:
> $ which cvs
> /usr/bin/cvs
>
> $ cvs -version
>
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.23 (client/server)
>
> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> Under 32-bit cygwin
> $ which cvs
> /usr/bin/cvs
>
> $ cvs -version
>
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.13 (client/server)
>
> So, different versions, the cvs version under 64-bit Cygwin appears  earlier than the version under 32-bit Cygwin (but I no longer understand FSF version numbering; don't ask me about gcc 5...) but this earlier(?) version has a later year. And, unlike 32-bit, doesn't seem to work.
>
> Something here is very very odd, and I'd appreciate enlightenment.

https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-announce/2015-07/msg00054.html

>
> thanks
>
> Lloyd Wood

Regards
Marco


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Re: CVS problems on 64-bit cygwin

[Warren Young]

On Jan 29, 2016, at 12:43 AM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 29/01/2016 05:11, lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>> 
>> Under 64-bit cygwin, this doesn't work; I never get a password prompt.
> 
> try with
> CVS_RSH="ssh"; export CVS_RSH

Good call.  I set CVS_RSH in my .bash_profile so long ago I forgot about it.

This probably explains why the OP sees the problem change when moving from Cygwin 32 to Cygwin 64: he probably doesn’t use the same shell startup scripts in both cases.
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Re: CVS problems on 64-bit cygwin

[lloyd.wood]

> > CVS_RSH="ssh"; export CVS_RSH 
> 
> Good call.  I set CVS_RSH in my .bash_profile so long ago I forgot about it. 
> 
> This probably explains why the OP sees the problem change when moving from Cygwin
> 32 to Cygwin 64: he probably doesn't use the same shell startup scripts in both cases. 


My 32 and 64-bit .bash_profile scripts are identical and the default; I learned long ago
not to waste effort on tweaking individual setups. both 1494 bytes long, both mistyping
'beneficial'. Different MD5 sums, but:

$ diff bash32 bash64 
8c8 
< # base-files version 4.2-3 
--- 
> # base-files version 4.2-4 


However, the CVS_RSH hint worked and fixed the problem on that 64-bit install.
Easy enough to add in a two-line checkout script, but...

I've got another older 64-bit install - again, default scripts - that has never
shown this problem.

There's something very odd here; where else in systemwide scripts
might set CVS_RSH?

thanks
 
Lloyd Wood
http://savi.sf.net/

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