cvsup problems....

Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen at math.missouri.edu
Sat Nov 18 10:16:22 PST 2006


Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Eric Schuele <e.schuele at computer.org> writes:
> 
> 
>>I usually use cvsup5.us.freebsd.org.  but it has not given me any new
>>bits for several days now.  And if I use ANY other server what usually
>>takes five minutes, takes 30-minutes to an hour (or they just
>>hang). Which is terribly annoying.
>>
>>I've tried picking other servers by hand, and I've tried the
>>fastest_cvsup script.  Doesn't seem to matter which I pick.  They all
>>seem to be slow except cvsup5... and cvsup5 does not give me anything
>>anymore.  No source, no ports, no docs.
> 
> 
> cvsup5.us.freebsd.org does seem to have stopped updating.  I've
> cc'd the "hubs" mailing list in case this was not known.
>

cvsup-master.freebsd.org was down a few days ago, and also on Friday. 
On Friday it changed its IP address.  All of these were scheduled, I 
believe, but it might have thrown a wrench into the works at 
cvsup5.us.freebsd.org.  (It certainly did on my computer which generates 
the CTM deltas, and it did require manual intervention on my part.)

Stephen


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