On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 02:02:26PM -0400, Adam M. Dutko wrote:
> I recently tried to list contents of some of the CVS servers without doing a
> checkout to see if it would be feasible to write a small script to identify
> hot spots in the development tree based on recent commits. I believe this
> functionality is disabled due to security or resource usage concerns.
>
> The anoncvs.shar file shows most anon servers should chroot, drop
> privileges, and use read only mounts. I imagine it's the read only mount
> that's the sticking point. This can probably be accomplished using a local
> copy or a cloned server using cvssync. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't
> missing something with regard to why ls/dir doesn't seem to work. Thanks.
You already have a good answer, but allow me to point out that you
shouldn't pester the mirrors for this anyway. Just get a copy with
cvsync and run everything locally.
Joachim
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