Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 19:20:22 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with cvsup Message-ID: <3B683A56.9580DAD1@i-clue.de> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010731180833.28308A-100000@p1>
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Russell Francis wrote: > > I am trying to update my source tree from 4.2-Release to 4.x-Stable. When > I start cvsup it gives the following error message. > > Cannot get IP address of my own host -- is its hostname correct? > > My network connection works great. Does anyone know why this is happening > and or how to fix it? It seems your reverse name mapping is not set up correctly. CVSup needs both forward and reverse name mapping to work. WWW traffic needs only forward mapping. Complain at your system administrator or network provider. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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