RE: [Libcvs-spec-dev] CVSConnnectionPserver

[Alexander Taler]

>>>>> "Alastair" == Alastair Growcott <address@hidden> writes:
  Alastair> Oh, and why does the constructor for the pserver connection class
  Alastair> take a hostname but not the port number (which can be specified to
  Alastair> be different to the default).

Yeah, it should probably take a port number too
 
  Alastair> How does the "ext" protocol work? I have seen nothing on
  Alastair> it. Documentation on the whole CVS client/server protocol is
  Alastair> difficult to find and poorly written or incomplete when found.

The "ext" protocol invokes an external program, such as ssh, to
open a connection.  That program then executes "cvs server" at
the other end.  You talk to the server instance at the other end
through the connection opened by ssh.

The cvsclient protocol documentation does leave something to be
desired, but it is easily available as info pages.  Probably, on
the web also.

Alex

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