[Dxspider-support] CVS problem

[Dirk Koopman]

John Buttery wrote:
> [sysop at gb7wdx spider]$ cvs update -d
> cvs update: cannot find password
> cvs [update aborted]: use "cvs login" to log in first
> [sysop at gb7wdx spider]$ cd ..
> [sysop at gb7wdx sysop]$ cat .cvspass
> /1 :pserver:anonymous at scm.tobit.co.uk:2401/scm/spider.git /A
> 
> [sysop at gb7wdx sysop]$ cvs -v
> 
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10.7 (client/server)
> 
> Copyright (c) 1989-1998 Brian Berliner, david d `zoo' zuhn,
>                         Jeff Polk, and other authors
> 
> CVS may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
> a copy of which can be found with the CVS distribution kit.
> 
> Specify the --help option for further information about CVS
> [sysop at gb7wdx sysop]$
> 
>

That's an old version of CVS, but I have had it working with the same 
version (eg on GB7BAA).

Remove the '/1 ' from the line (so it starts ':pser...' not '/1 :pser...').

Then do the cvs update -d again...

Dirk