cvs

[Alex Zbyslaw]

Alistair Sutton wrote:

>On 20/06/05, Muhammad Kashif Yaqoob <mkyaqoob2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
><snip>
>  
>
>>   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.
>
# cvsup -g Supfile-ports
Connected to cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org
Updating collection ports-all/cvs
 Edit ports/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/Makefile
 Edit ports/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/distinfo
[...]


Sometimes I find the server unavailable, but rarely.

Muhammad, please try the server again, and also try another one 
somewhere else.  If you still have problems then it may be that there is 
a firewall of some kind between you the the cvsup server.

--Alex