From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 27 19:06:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA23281 for current-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 19:06:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA23269 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 19:06:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA01753; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 19:05:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199801280305.TAA01753@austin.polstra.com> To: kgor@ksg.com Subject: Re: cvsup Problems In-Reply-To: <199801311342.HAA04137@ggzoo.ksg.com> References: <199801311342.HAA04137@ggzoo.ksg.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 19:05:53 -0800 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In article <199801311342.HAA04137@ggzoo.ksg.com>, Kent S. Gordon wrote: > I am running cvsup (CVSup client, Software version: REL_15_2,Protocol > version: 15.4) on a NetBSD 1.3 i386 to update my FreeBSD sources. The > cvsup files is from the precompiled static version (no X libraries) from > ftp.freebsd.org running under NetBSD FreeBSD emulation mode. I > sometimes get errors complaining of invalid RCS files. These error > have happened both within cvsup and when checking files out using cvs. The next time it happens within cvsup, please send me the exact message. With that, I can probably get a clue about what's causing the problem. Also, please specify "-k" when you run cvsup, so that it will keep the bad file around to examine later. > Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be causing the problem? Maybe a problem with mmap(2). Maybe a corrupted filesystem. Maybe RAM or cache errors. Those are the things I've seen cause this sort of thing before. If you can capture one of the bad files for me, then I'll be able to make a better guess at what it really is. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth