can't connect to cvsup.freebsd.org

[Steven Friedrich]

On Wednesday 06 December 2006 04:30, Josh Paetzel wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 December 2006 16:34, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> > but I'm able to connect to cvsup5 and cvsup6.
> >
> > The main ftp site says: Cannot connect to data port: Connection
> > refused
> >
> > This started around the time of the cut-overs.
>
> *default host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org
>
>
> gimpy# csup /usr/local/etc/ports-supfile
> Connected to 198.104.69.57
> Updating collection ports-all/cvs
>  Edit ports/LEGAL
> ...
>
> gimpy# dig a ftp.freebsd.org
> ...
> ftp.freebsd.org.        180     IN      A       62.243.72.50
> ftp.freebsd.org.        180     IN      A       204.152.184.73
> ....
>
> gimpy# dig a cvsup.freebsd.org
> .....
> cvsup.freebsd.org.      3535    IN      CNAME   n.cwu.edu.
> n.cwu.edu.              86335   IN      A       198.104.69.57
> ....
>
> My point, in case you don't understand the ouput of all these commands
> is that cvsup.freebsd.org and ftp.freebsd.org are presumably two
> different machines, and it's entirely possible that ftp.freebsd.org
> isn't a cvsup server.

Sorry, I should have been more precise.

Here's the output:
root at lightning(p2)/usr/src 107% make update
--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Running /usr/local/bin/cvsup
--------------------------------------------------------------
Parsing supfile "/usr/home/admin/cvsup/stable-supfile"
Connecting to cvsup.FreeBSD.org
Connected to cvsup.FreeBSD.org
Server software version: SNAP_16_1h
Negotiating file attribute support
Exchanging collection information
Establishing passive-mode data connection
Cannot connect to data port: Connection refused


I'm using cvsup (via make update) and this error doesn't occur if I set 
SUPHOST=        cvsup5.FreeBSD.org  in /etc/make.conf

I've been using cvsup.FreeBSD.org for years...

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