diff -r 8f06817bf266 -r 0fcde73dc3ca mercurial/sshrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/sshrepo.py	Fri Sep 23 10:28:55 2005 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/sshrepo.py	Fri Sep 23 10:30:41 2005 -0700
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
 
         sshcmd = self.ui.config("ui", "ssh", "ssh")
         remotecmd = self.ui.config("ui", "remotecmd", "hg")
-        cmd = "%s %s '%s -R %s serve --stdio'"
+        cmd = '%s %s "%s -R %s serve --stdio"'
         cmd = cmd % (sshcmd, args, remotecmd, self.path)
 
-        self.pipeo, self.pipei, self.pipee = os.popen3(cmd)
+        self.pipeo, self.pipei, self.pipee = os.popen3(cmd, 'b')
 
     def readerr(self):
         while 1: