CVS convert fails

[Greg Ward]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Stephen Rasku <mercurial at srasku.net> wrote:
> I am trying to convert a CVS repository to Mercurial.  This is the
> output that I get.
>
> initializing destination /var/hg/0.1 repository
> cannot popen cvs version. exiting
> connecting to /usr/src/srasku/cvs-import/cvs
> scanning source...
> sorting...
> converting...
>
> I have previously converted my repository successfully so I am not
> sure why this is happening now.  I am also not sure what the "popen
> cvs version" error is.  I can do "cvs version" from the command line.
> This is the output of that command:

Which Mercurial version?  I don't see anything like that weird "cannot
popen cvs version" in either hg-stable or crew.

Also, have you configured it to use external or builtin cvsps?

Greg