Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 18:41:00 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: robmel@nadt.org.uk, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup woes Message-ID: <19991227184100.H1290@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <199912271802.KAA02871@vashon.polstra.com> References: <v04220802b48d2ada2729@[172.16.17.20]> <199912271802.KAA02871@vashon.polstra.com>
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On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 10:02:15AM -0800, John Polstra wrote:
> In article <v04220802b48d2ada2729@[172.16.17.20]>,
> Robin Melville <robmel@nadt.org.uk> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Am I alone in having a hell of a time cvsup-ing 3.4? I'm using the
> > exact same supfile as ever, but it crawls (on whatever server I try)
> > then finally dies with "TreeList failed: Network write failure:
> > Connection timed out" at anything up to one hour after starting.
>
> I haven't seen any problems like this under 3.4. Have you tried
> some other mirror sites? There are only about 50 of them to choose
> from. :-)
>
Since you're in the UK try
*default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org
in your sup-file
I get excellent d/l speeds from there (some of the US servers are
painfully slow from the UK, unless you pick a time when everyone's
asleep over The Pond).
> John
> --
> John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
> John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
> "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up." -- Nora Ephron
>
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