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Date:      Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:35:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Re[2]: CVSup server loads (was: Stable broken)
Message-ID:  <200007210035.RAA17710@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <7223761166.20000721003801@buz.ch>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007200001080.84615-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <200007202101.OAA17106@vashon.polstra.com> <39777C0E.C44DC92F@urx.com> <7223761166.20000721003801@buz.ch>

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In article <7223761166.20000721003801@buz.ch>, Gabriel Ambuehl
<gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch> wrote:

> Am I doing something wrong with my cvsup? I've got a 512 kbps
> cableconnection here and mostly use cvsup.de.freebsd.org which is
> about 7 hops away (2 ATM ISP hops at the, 4 ATM hops through the
> backbone of nacamar, last is cvsup server) but I always have to wait
> several minutes til it is finished (full source tree, including
> ports + docs just for comfort).

Are you using the "-s" option on the command line?  That makes it go a
lot faster.  But make sure you read the warning about it in the cvsup
man page.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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