Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:29:29 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Michael Ross <satare@optusnet.com.au> Cc: haney01@email.franklin.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Typical times installing from ports via 56k modem? Message-ID: <20021030192928.GB1882@gray.sea.gr> In-Reply-To: <200210290136.g9T1a1N07466@mail011.syd.optusnet.com.au> References: <200210290136.g9T1a1N07466@mail011.syd.optusnet.com.au>
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On 2002-10-29 12:36, Michael Ross <satare@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > It took about 1.5 hrs for the CVSUP from 4.6.0 to 4.7, and another 2 > > hours for the build (on a P3-500 with 128MB RAM). > > That seems a little bit long, was that the only CVSUP you did > between the two? you might be able to speed things up by trying to > find a cvsup server that is closer to you. 1.5 hour is definitely a long time. I run daily cvsups that update the entire mirror of the cvsup repository that I keep at home, and it doesn't take more than 10 minutes over my slow 28.8 kbit/s dialup link. - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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