From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harald Maier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How do I get latest CVS and compile Emacs? Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:36:52 +0100 Organization: 1&1 Internet AG Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Harald Maier NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071474415 20516 80.91.224.253 (15 Dec 2003 07:46:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 07:46:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 15 08:46:51 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AVnRL-0006uU-00 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:46:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AVoNz-0007Uy-BK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:47:27 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!feed.news.schlund.de!schlund.de!news.online.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p5088e338.dip0.t-ipconnect.de Original-X-Trace: online.de 1071473813 32467 80.136.227.56 (15 Dec 2003 07:36:53 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@einsundeins.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 07:36:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QNo2fRMWJ9yUNDYxkY7XzyXjht8= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119318 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15257 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15257 Martin Stone Davis writes: > Harald Maier wrote: > >> Martin Stone Davis writes: >> >>>I would like to get the latest CVS of emacs and compile it for Windows >>>XP. I read http://savannah.gnu.org/statement.html, but I don't know >>>what I'm supposed to do. >>> >>>My (lack of) experience: I am an almost-total newbie to CVS. I have >>>some experience using Eclipse to access and compile a CVS Java >>>project. I have emacs 21.3.1 loaded and I also have MS Visual Studio >>>6.0 (not loaded). >> You need a cvs client program. I am using the cvs program from the >> cygwin.com port but I think you should also be able with the eclipse >> program. Important is the CVSROOT and that you are using the SSH. In >> the following command the CVSROOT is >> anoncvs@cvs.gnu.org:/cvs-latest/emacs >> ,---- >> | $ export CVS_RSH=ssh >> | $ cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@cvs.gnu.org:/cvs-latest/emacs co emacs >> `---- > > I tried this and I get the following message: > > cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot start server via rsh: No such file or > directory > > I tried both a command-line version in windows (where I used set > CVS_RSH=ssh) and also I tried using WinCVS. Both gave me the same > result. > > What am I doing wrong? Do you have a ssh program? You need a secure shell. My dark shot is that you don't have one. Harald