Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 16:30:10 -0800 (PST) From: Adam Nealis <adamnealis@yahoo.co.uk> To: Tim Holmes <tim@unixtechs.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Source Update problems Message-ID: <20060103003010.68304.qmail@web86911.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060103001736.GA1828@blackguy.unixtechs.org>
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--- Tim Holmes <tim@unixtechs.org> wrote: > > I've been trying to update source, and ports late and I can't connect. > I keep getting a message saying that connection is refused: > > # make update > -------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> Running /usr/local/bin/cvsup > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Parsing supfile "/usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile" > Connecting to cvsup8.FreeBSD.org > Cannot connect to cvsup8.FreeBSD.org: Connection refused > > There's nothing to prevent this. I don't block anything, and the only > thing that changed was that I'm trying to make this same machine my > wireless gateway as well. I think the only thing I added was: > > options BRIDGE > > I have the following in my /etc/make.conf: > > SUPFLAGS=-L 2 > SUP=/usr/local/bin/cvsup > SUPHOST=cvsup8.FreeBSD.org > SUPFILE=/usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile > PORTSSUPFILE=/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > DOCSUPFILE=/usr/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile > > At one point I had a different CVS server listed, but I got the same > message. Does anybody have any sort of ideas? I can't even install > packages. That BRIDGE option couldn't have done this, could it? I can > access anything else with no problems. Can you ping cvsup8.FreeBSD.org Can you telnet cvsup8.FreeBSD.org cvsup (I can). Maybe when you tried the server was too busy or down for a few minutes. Here's a trick I learned from <http://portmanager.sunsite.dk/ports-foundation-building.html>; Install the fastest_cvsup port, then in /etc/make.conf, set SUPHOST=`/usr/local/bin/fastest_cvsup -Qc uk` __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
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