From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 20 13:59:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02B7E16A41C for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:59:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mkyaqoob2005@yahoo.com) Received: from web32004.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32004.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B03F243D4C for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:59:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mkyaqoob2005@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 37399 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Jun 2005 13:59:31 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=MoWD2QX9dGqHXuKt3V4AKXZMUYOmxNP5VUd7pFztzAO4rNvaiJe8LYA68TMC38xAxC4rz2Lm2Ax/Je43pC7Xhdfh/IXSuPl2tZOz9GKvI26rITHFB4uua4lTjWCZxVzu6Th9ZgGb1M2W6zuc2CcHwzG3QL4gpWEHge5T+8n+Pfs= ; Message-ID: <20050620135931.37397.qmail@web32004.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [202.141.239.6] by web32004.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:59:31 PDT Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:59:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Muhammad Kashif Yaqoob To: Alistair Sutton In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: alistair.sutton@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup command problem 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: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:59:32 -0000 Dear sir, I had already read the freebsd cvsup documentation http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html#CVSUP-MIRRORS then i have apply this command in the freebsd.I will test it on so many mirror that are in the cvsup document .I tested this below command When i run this below command in freebsd 5.3 > # cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup.uk.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile could not connect to the site mirror. ------------------------------------ parsing supfile "/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile" connecting to cvsup.uk.freebsd.org cannot connect to cvsup.uk.freebsd.org: connection refused will retry at 23:15:30 -------------------------------------------------------------- Best Regard, Muhammad kashif Alistair Sutton wrote:On 20/06/05, Muhammad Kashif Yaqoob wrote: > parsing supfile "/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile" > > connecting to cvsup.uk.freebsd.org > > cannot connect to cvsup.uk.freebsd.org: connection refused > > will retry at 23:15:30 I don't think that particular server is functioning anymore. It used to take you to a web page when viewed in a browser but it now directs you straight to a plig.org mirror. I suggest you read the handbook and find a different mirror. I used to use the cvsup.ie.freebsd.org one which was quite reliable. Al -- LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/users/everlone GPG/PGP: http://www.no-dns-yet.org.uk/~everlone/pubkey.gpg --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football