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From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr>
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Cc: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Subject: Re: Best anoncvs Site to Update 6.2 Sources
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On Thursday 01 March 2007 17:00, Martin McCormick wrote:
> 	After installing FreeBSD6.2 from the ISO image, I figured
> that cvsup would be the best way to update the new system and
> apply the patches which have come out since the image was
> created.  I think I have cvsup ready to go, but I can't tell for
> sure since the mirror site I picked was the first one in the list
> for the United states.  It is anoncvs.FreeBSD.org and is obviously
> quite popular.  cvsup tried all night long to connect and never
> got in .  The next mirror site for the US is
> anoncvs1.FreeBSD.org and it appears to be down.  Since all I need
> is to update all the sources for FreeBSD6.2, is there a better
> choice of sites?  I got these 2 site names from the FreeBSD
> handbook.

anoncvs is not CVSup. anoncvs.freebsd.org is an anonymous cvs
server.

You can find CVSup mirrors (and other information) here:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html

HTH, Nikos