>
> Hi,
>
> This is my last mail before leaving on a 5-day trip, so I'm not sure
> I can be of much help right away.
>
> > > write(4, "COLL pgsql cvs\n", 15) = 15
> > > write(4, "x\1\322\343\2\10", 6) = 6
> > > write(4, "0\0\0h\0009", 6) = 6
> > > write(4, ".\n", 2) = 2
>
> It'll be easier to debug if you turn off compression. Then
> everything will be readable by mortals.
The relevant part of the dialog w/o compression (cvsup -Z) is:
write(4, "COLL pgsql cvs\n", 15) = 15
write(4, ".\n", 2) = 2
write(4, ".\n", 2) = 2
So I think the compression was just sending some sort of header for its
own use.
Btw, are you the cvsup maintainer (author (guru (god)))?
-dg