Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:59:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Muhammad Kashif Yaqoob <mkyaqoob2005@yahoo.com> To: Alistair Sutton <alistair.sutton@gmail.com> Cc: alistair.sutton@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup command problem Message-ID: <20050620135931.37397.qmail@web32004.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <fa8f059505062006256f5e0f2c@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear sir, I had already read the freebsd cvsup documentation http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html#CVSUP-MIRRORS then i have apply this command in the freebsd.I will test it on so many mirror that are in the cvsup document .I tested this below command When i run this below command in freebsd 5.3 > # cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup.uk.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile could not connect to the site mirror. ------------------------------------ parsing supfile "/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile" connecting to cvsup.uk.freebsd.org cannot connect to cvsup.uk.freebsd.org: connection refused will retry at 23:15:30 -------------------------------------------------------------- Best Regard, Muhammad kashif Alistair Sutton <alistair.sutton@gmail.com> wrote:On 20/06/05, Muhammad Kashif Yaqoob wrote: > parsing supfile "/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile" > > connecting to cvsup.uk.freebsd.org > > cannot connect to cvsup.uk.freebsd.org: connection refused > > will retry at 23:15:30 I don't think that particular server is functioning anymore. It used to take you to a web page when viewed in a browser but it now directs you straight to a plig.org mirror. I suggest you read the handbook and find a different mirror. I used to use the cvsup.ie.freebsd.org one which was quite reliable. Al -- LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/users/everlone GPG/PGP: http://www.no-dns-yet.org.uk/~everlone/pubkey.gpg --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football
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