Connecting to a Unix CVS repository with Tortoise CVS

Hello all,

After using CVS on Linux and Solaris, I'm now trying to get a CVS
client working on Windows XP using Tortoise CVS and having a heck of a
time.

Tortoise CVS info:

TortoiseCVS version 1.10.10
CVS client version:Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.03 (Scorpio)
Build 2382
SSH client version:TortoisePlink Release 0.56

These are the environment variables I use under *nix to connect to a
CVS server running on Solaris:

export CVS_RSH=ssh
export CVSROOT=:ext:foobar:/usr/local/cvsroot
export CVS_SERVER=/usr/local/bin/cvs

And under Linux and Solaris, they work like a charm, especially when
used with ssh keys.

Not so charming with Tortoise CVS. If I enter
:ext:foobar:/usr/local/cvsroot for the CVSROOT, Tortoise CVS fills in
:ext: for the Protocol, foobar for the Server, and /usr/local/cvsroot
for the Repository folder.  If I then click on Fetch List, I get an
error.  Here's the top portion of one error message:

<quote>
In C:\DOCUME~1\rcitek\LOCALS~1\Temp\: "C:\Program Files\CVSNT\cvs.exe"
-q -Q co -c
CVSROOT=:ext:rcitek@foobar:/usr/local/cvsroot

cvs checkout: warning: unrecognized response `bash: cvs: command not
found' from cvs server
cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

Error, CVS operation failed

In C:\DOCUME~1\rcitek\LOCALS~1\Temp\: "C:\Program Files\CVSNT\cvs.exe"
-q -Q ls -q /
CVSROOT=:ext:rcitek@foobar:/usr/local/cvsroot

cvs ls: warning: unrecognized response `bash: cvs: command not found'
from cvs server
cvs [ls aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

Error, CVS operation failed
...
</quote>

The error message seem to suggest the server doesn't know where to
look for the cvs command.  Unfortunately, I don't know where to enter
information for the CVS_SERVER variable.  If I change the protocol
from ext to ssh and enter CVS_SERVER=/usr/local/bin/cvs for protocol
parameters, I get a different error:

<quote>
In C:\DOCUME~1\rcitek\LOCALS~1\Temp\: "C:\Program Files\CVSNT\cvs.exe"
-q -Q co -c
CVSROOT=:ssh;CVS_SERVER=/usr/local/bin/cvs:rcitek@foobar:/usr/local/cvsroot

cvs checkout: Bad CVSROOT: Unknown keyword 'CVS_SERVER'
cvs [checkout aborted]: Bad CVSROOT.

Error, CVS operation failed

In C:\DOCUME~1\rcitek\LOCALS~1\Temp\: "C:\Program Files\CVSNT\cvs.exe"
-q -Q ls -q /
CVSROOT=:ssh;CVS_SERVER=/usr/local/bin/cvs:rcitek@foobar:/usr/local/cvsroot

cvs ls: Bad CVSROOT: Unknown keyword 'CVS_SERVER'
cvs [ls aborted]: Bad CVSROOT.

Error, CVS operation failed
...
</quote>

Anyone seen something like this or can offer any suggestions?

Googling for the error messages hasn't been productive, yet, but will
keep trying.

Regards,
- Robert

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