From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 19:02:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCBC6106570E for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:02:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A484B8FC08 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:02:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix, from userid 12346) id E54CB16B540; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:02:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [216.110.13.95]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 3B9EB16B51B; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:02:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:59:36 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:59:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@debranded.6dollardialup.com To: Ross Penner In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20100604132906.G78595@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Sanitizer: Anomy and SpamAssassin mail filter - see http://www.6dollardialup.com/support/spaminfo.html Cc: User questions Subject: Re: Alternate method for fetching source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:02:07 -0000 On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, Ross Penner wrote: > I'm trying to update my system and when I run cvsup, the connection > repeatedly has problems (TreeList failed: Network write failure: > Connection closed). I'm wondering if anybody can suggest any other > method to grab the current source files? You are talking about the system source, not the ports, right? Actually, the advice is not much different. In either case, cvsup does not always work very well for big upgrades (such as across major version numbers) and also (though it theoretically should) doesn't work well creating a source tree from scratch. If you install source (or ports) from the most recent release below your taget before, cvsup is much less likely to crack under pressure. Also, consider changing your mirror. Network conditions may be better for you with some mirrors than with others. And finally, make sure cvsup is up-to-date with your current system. It's in ports/net . (Of course backup what you have before trying any of this.) You may get a more specific response if you include uname -a for your current system and the tags you are trying to use with cvsup. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266