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Well you COULD do it the hard way like this, much faster is to use cvsup!

Install cvsup
cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup

read the README and issue

cvsup -L 2 -g ./<your_cvs_up_file>

Good luck
Arjan

Olivier Cherrier wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I recently installed a 4.3 minimal release.
> Now, I try to retrieve the source tree for src/sys.
>
> I get the following:
>
> <<
> dugorgeon# cvs login
> ...
> dugorgeon# cvs checkout -r RELENG_4_3_0_RELEASE src/sys
> cvs checkout: in directory src:
> cvs checkout: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory
> cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot write <CVS/Template file>: No such file or
> direct
> ory
> dugorgeon# echo $CVSROOT
> :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
> dugorgeon# cvs logout
> (Logging out of anoncvs@anoncvs.FreeBSD.org)
> dugorgeon#
> >>
>
> Furthermore, is there *only* one cvs server for all the world? The page
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/anoncvs.html
> says the following:
> <<
> At the time of this writing, the following servers are available:
>     * USA: :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs (Use cvs login
> and enter the password ``anoncvs'' when prompted.)
> >>
>
> "/home/ncvs" seems to be the root of the source; isn't it?
> So, why the checked out module in the example is "ls"? There is
> no "ls" directory in the root of the source tree!
>
> Thanks a lot for help.
>
> oc
>
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