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Date:      Wed, 17 Oct 2001 07:35:51 -0500
From:      Rob Zietlow <zietlow@berbee.com>
To:        lahaye@users.sourceforge.net, "Rob Lahaye" <lahaye@postech.ac.kr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvsup "cannot get IP address of my own host" ??
Message-ID:  <200110171236.f9HCaB025989@berbee.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011017.AAA1003309910@postech.ac.kr>
References:  <20011017.AAA1003309910@postech.ac.kr>

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I had this issue after I rebuilt world.  check that there is an entry for 
your host name in your /etc/hostname.  Once I plugged in my hostname 
corresponding to 127.0.0.1 cvsup worked fine for me again

Rob

On Wednesday 17 October 2001 04:20 am, Rob Lahaye wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having one PC with a fixed IP address, but this
> IP address is not registered as a hostname.
> 
> I have another PC, that is connected via ADSL to an ISP,
> which provides my with a dynamical IP address, which is
> not accompanied by a registered hostname.
> 
> So both PC's have a legal IP address, but no official
> hostname. When I try to "cvsup" my ports, I get on
> both PC's:
> 
> $ cvsup -L2 my-ports-supfile
> Cannot get IP address of my own host -- is its hostname correct?
> $
> 
> I tried then:
> 
> $ cvsup -A x.x.x.x -L2 ports-supfile
> Cannot get IP address of my own host -- is its hostname correct?
> $
> 
> Where x.x.x.x is the appropriate IP address. But to no avail.
> 
> What can I do about this?
> 
> Thanks for help.
> 
> Rob
> [ Please cc a reply also to my personal email address - Thanks ]

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