Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:48:59 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sup is broken? Message-ID: <v02140b00ad3c2a67a7ea@[199.183.109.242]>
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Jordan wrote: >> PLEASE DON'T USE SUP.FREEBSD.ORG TO UPDATE YOURSELF! John Polstra replied: >Last night, after reading your latest admonition against using >sup.freebsd.org, I tried again to use sup2. As soon as it connected >up, it began systematically deleting the files in my sup tree, >shamelessly announcing each deletion as it went about its sordid >business. To all appearances, it had the intention of deleting my >entire tree. So I killed it, and once again went back to >sup.freebsd.org, which always works just fine for me, thank you. > >When I try an experiment, and that experiment attempts to delete >220 MB of my files, I lose my thirst for adventure very quickly. >Nevertheless, if you or somebody else can give me some clue about >how to switch to a different sup server without losing all my >perfectly good files, I'll try again. As I have pointed out, the cvs tree that I am getting from sup2 also seems to have problems. As a result, my distribution in the name of -stable, reflects the same condition. We MUST get these problems fixed or we all will be forced to "look to the source" for correct data. ---- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@dataplex.net
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