[H-GEN] Setting up a Subversion/CVS Repository

[Jim Clark]

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> Hi All,
> 	I'm in the process of trying to get a development server up
> and going,
> primarily for collaborative work on a new Linux distribution, however,
> I'm having problems getting Subversion going.
>
> 	I've given up completely on CVS, as it wasn't clear how you
> secure it,
> however, if someone could point me to a reasonable guide on how to set
> up CVS/SSH and/or HTTPS-based Subversion, this would be great.
>
> 	Has anyone had any luck setting up either one of these two revision
> control systems?

It's been a while, but from what I recall, stay away from pserver.
I set mine up with ssh.

$CVSROOT and $CVS_RSH look like:

CVSROOT=:ext:uname at cvshostname:/var/cvs
CVS_RSH=ssh

I don't recall what, if anything else, was required (apart from
having a working ssh server of course :)

--
Cheers,
Jim




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