Re: [boost] Trying modular Boost

Subject: Re: [boost] Trying modular Boost
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-04 12:38:24

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Beman Dawes
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 4:51 PM
> To: Boost Developers List
> Subject: Re: [boost] Trying modular Boost
> 
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> > Is it worth continuing to try to get the SSH method to work?
> >
> 
> Let's check a few things:
> 
> * Does your .ssh directory look like this:
> 
>  Directory of C:\Users\Beman\.ssh
> 
> 09/25/2010  07:39 AM    <DIR>          .
> 09/25/2010  07:39 AM    <DIR>          ..
> 09/06/2010  07:00 PM             1,675 id_rsa
> 06/17/2008  08:13 AM               630 id_rsa.keystore
> 09/06/2010  07:00 PM               396 id_rsa.pub
> 08/30/2013  11:05 AM             4,695 known_hosts

Not quite - I don't have a id_rsa.keystore

C:\Users\Paul>dir .ssh
 Volume in drive C is Win7Ult
 Volume Serial Number is 6493-25EF

 Directory of C:\Users\Paul\.ssh

13-Dec-2013  12:20    <DIR>          .
13-Dec-2013  12:20    <DIR>          ..
13-Dec-2013  12:20             1,675 github_rsa
13-Dec-2013  12:20               392 github_rsa.pub
24-Sep-2011  16:52             1,743 id_rsa
24-Sep-2011  16:52               405 id_rsa.pub
04-Jan-2014  12:23             1,595 known_hosts
               5 File(s)          5,810 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  10,254,884,864 bytes free

> * Is your .ssh directory in you %HOME% folder?
I'm not sure if I have a HOME folder?

C:\Users\Paul>set %HOME%
Environment variable %HOME% not defined

C:\Users\Paul>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
AMDAPPSDKROOT=C:\Program Files\AMD APP\
APPDATA=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Roaming
APR_ICONV_PATH=C:\Program Files\Subversion\iconv
BOOST=i:/boost-trunk
BOOST_BUILD_PATH=i:/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=HETPA
ComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
CVS_RSH="C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe"
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Users\Paul
LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER=\\HETPA
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=C:\PROGRAM FILES\FOXIT SOFTWARE\FOXIT READER\plugins\
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=4
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Program Files\AMD APP\bin\x86;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:
\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:
\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\SnapAPI\;C:\Program Files\doxygen\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
 SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;c:\program files\ink
scape\;C:\Program Files\7-Zip\;"C:\Program Files\Auto-index";C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Shared;c:
\program files\boost;C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\;C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageHome\
;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;c:\Cygwin;C:\Program
 Files\Subversion\bin;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.07\bin;c:\Program
 Files\SVGMath;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin;i:\modular-boost;C:
\Program Files\CVSNT\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 3, AuthenticAMD
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=16
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0403
ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
PSModulePath=C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\
PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\Windows
TEMP=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Temp
USERDOMAIN=hetpA
USERNAME=Paul
USERPROFILE=C:\Users\Paul
VS100COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Tools\
windir=C:\Windows

Or the other hand Torptise GIT Settings Show environment variables (attached) includes this variable

HOME=C:/\Users\Paul

> * In TortoiseGit | Settings | Network is the SSH client specified as:
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\ssh.exe

No it is

C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoiseGitPLink.exe

(I believe that I do have this file)

but I can change it to

C:\Program Files\Git\bin\ssh.exe?

> I used to have a lot of trouble getting SSH to work at all, but particularly with TortoiseGit. It
all came
> down to .ssh being in the wrong place, and the particular ssh client.

Suggestions?

Paul

PS I there an real advantage in using SSH rather than https?