Re: PCL-CVS:- strange messages in *cvs* buffer

[Phillip Lord <p.w.lord@cs.man.ac.uk>]

>>>>> "Stefan" == "Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:

  >>>> With one repository that I am using, I am getting a lot of
  >>>> strange messages coming out in my *cvs* buffer.
  Stefan> I believe this is another manifestation of a bad interaction
  Stefan> between glibc, ssh, and cvs.  Is it on a system that uses
  Stefan> glibc ?  Are you accessing the repository via SSH ?
  >> Yes, and yes. Both client and server are running on redhat (7.2
  >> client, 8 server). Is there anything that can be done to fix
  >> this?

  Stefan> Complain to all three groups so that hopefully some fix will
  Stefan> show up at some point.  In the mean time, the Emacs code on
  Stefan> the trunk has the (process-connection-type nil) line changed
  Stefan> to the following:

  Stefan> 	       ;; If process-connection-type is nil and the
  Stefan> 	       ;; repository is accessed via SSH, a bad
  Stefan> 	       ;; interaction between libc, CVS and SSH can
  Stefan> 	       ;; lead to garbled output.  It might be a
  Stefan> 	       ;; glibc-specific problem.  Until the problem
  Stefan> 	       ;; is cleared, we'll use a pty rather
  Stefan> than
  Stefan> 	       ;; a pipe.  (process-connection-type nil) ; Use
  Stefan> 	       ;; a pipe, not a
  Stefan> pty.

Ta. I shall try this bit out, and see if it solves my woes. 

Phil