Unicon Source Code CVS Repository

Public CVS gives everyone ongoing access to the latest (or near-latest) files. If you plan to contribute any changes, or want to obtain others' changes to the source code, CVS should make that much easier than just sending code via e-mail. No system is perfect, not even sourceforge. They have changed their CVS configuration several times, and the instructions on this page may need updating, please let Jeffery know of problems with the instructions given here.

To grab a "semi-fresh" copy of Unicon sources, you can use anonymous CVS; see the site docs at www.sourceforge.net or try the following:

	cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@unicon.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/unicon login
	# just press  when asked for a password, no password needed
	cvs -z8 -d:pserver:anonymous@unicon.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/unicon co unicon

Experience has shown that often anonymous CVS is a few days behind non-anonymous CVS.

Unicon developers: if you expect to be contributing code and want to keep up to date via non-anonymous CVS, you will want to register with SourceForge to create your username and password. Then, you e-mail jeffery

with your SourceForge user name and request to be a Unicon developer. You get an e-mail back when you've been added to the list, and then need to ssh into unicon.cvs.sourceforge.net (one time only); it sets things up and exits immediately. After that you are finally ready to do the following (translate into your shell syntax as needed):

	setenv CVS_RSH ssh
	setenv CVSROOT yourname@unicon.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/unicon
	cvs -z3 checkout unicon

This will create a new subdirectory named unicon and populate it with our source distribution. Modify the commands above to suit your shell's syntax. Report whether this works or not; inquiring minds want to know!

You used to be able to grab a daily CVS tarball. Note that these contained ",v" files, not source files; if you know what to do with them, that should cause no consternation.
Stuck using that limited-functionality, closed-source Windows operating system? Here is the minimal setup procedure for Win32-based CVS.
1. Download unzip.exe, if you do not already have it.
2. Download command-line ssh and cvs clients, unzip them on your path.
3. set your HOME, CVS_RSH, and CVSROOT environment variables via the System area of the control panel (or autoexec.bat on old systems). For example, mine are set to:
  - CVSROOT=jeffery@unicon.cvs.sourceforge.net
  - CVS_RSH=ssh
  - HOME=C:\Documents and Settings\Clinton
4. cvs -z3 checkout unicon
Here are the older instructions for getting things setup: Get the command-line cvs client from www.cvshome.org. Command-line ssh and scp clients can be found in the Sourceforge Setup Program. Setting all this up properly is complicated enough that you may want to run the sfsetup program. Check out sfsetup.sourceforge.net for Win32 CVS and SSH tools. Even after all that, I was unable to get this to work under Windows until I read and followed the instructions in the SourceForge Win32/CVS/SSH Guide.