
Dave Roberts wrote:
So I just tried to download the latest version of SLIME via CVS but got stopped. Looks like there is a password needed for anonymous downloads? I followed the instructions in the SLIME user manual located at: http://www.bluetail.com/~luke/misc/lisp/slime.pdf
The manual's wrong, in fact, you have to enter "anonymous" as a password, at least, according to http://www.common-lisp.net/faq.shtml. [...] Luke (or someone), here's a patch for slime.texi. Index: ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /project/slime/cvsroot/slime/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.339 diff -u -r1.339 ChangeLog --- ChangeLog 17 Apr 2004 09:51:17 -0000 1.339 +++ ChangeLog 17 Apr 2004 21:08:08 -0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-04-17 Lawrence Mitchell <wence@gmx.li> + + * doc/slime.texi (CVS Incantations): Give correct password for + anonymous access. + 2004-04-17 Raymond Toy <rtoy@earthlink.net> * swank-cmucl.lisp (source-location-tlf-number) Index: doc/slime.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /project/slime/cvsroot/slime/doc/slime.texi,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.9 slime.texi --- doc/slime.texi 16 Apr 2004 19:30:43 -0000 1.9 +++ doc/slime.texi 17 Apr 2004 21:07:21 -0000 @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ @example export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@@common-lisp.net:/project/slime/cvsroot cvs login -@emph{(Just press return when prompted for a password.)} +@emph{(Enter @strong{anonymous} as password.)} @end example The latest version can then be checked out with: -- Lawrence Mitchell <wence@gmx.li>