To download the CVS tree, execute the following command:
-$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano login
+$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano login
and press enter at the password prompt.
Then, do
-$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout nano
+$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout nano
and the nano tree will download.
If you want to checkout the stable CVS branch, append -r nano_1_0_branch:
$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout -r nano_1_0_branch nano