CVS client/server issues

QNX USERS QNX2 and QNX4
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Hi all,

I didn’t know where to post this, so I did it in the QNX6 group as well, sorry for the cross-posting…

In a QNX 6.3.2 I set up a CVS 1.11.9, the one that comes with the OS. It has no password auth, and works fine in client/server from other QNX6 hosts. Integration with Eclipse is good too, btw.

In a QNX 4.25 I install a CVS 1.7 client, the only version I found that compiles without many tweaks.

So I can’t connect to the QNX6 server from the QNX4 client. I get this:

qnx4$ cvs -d :ext:user@qnx6:/usr/cvs checkout .
Host name lookup failure
cvs [checkout aborted]: premature end of file from server

The Cederqvist says that is an rsh error, but I get the same result with other access methods. rsh/rlogin work well on their own and can find the cvs executable. Trying to debug setting up CVS_CLIENT_LOG I find the clog.out file empty. CVS protocols versions 1.7 and 1.11 are supposed to be compatible.

Any ideas?

Thank you for your time… and Happy Hew Year 2010!

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Can you ping qnx6 from qnx4

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Yes, I can rsh there as well, using the same hostname

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It’s a CVS 1.7 issue in QNX4, as that client can’t connect to any other remote server. Not even to the same version.
Running cvs with -t I get the following:

$cvs -t -d :ext:user@server-ip:/cvs checkout .
→ Starting server: rsh cvs server
Host name lookup failure
cvs [checkout aborted]: premature end of file from server

If I type the words in bold in the shell I get the same message: Host name lookup failure. So it’s clear that cvs is running rsh without the correct hostname. Looks like a cvs bug, but doesn’t show in the BUGS file (from 15 years ago ) :unamused:

Anyone knows a workaround?

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Ok, gave up :blush:

The cvs client in this thread works fine:

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