Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:54:25 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Raymond Lillard <rlillard@sonic.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting source by anoncvs Message-ID: <20040525085425.GA97637@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <40B2C213.3020803@sonic.net> References: <40B2C213.3020803@sonic.net>
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--fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 08:48:35PM -0700, Raymond Lillard wrote: > I just failed at an attempt to pull down the latest sources > via anoncvs using the instructions found at the URL below. >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/anoncvs.html Looks like the docs have got a little out of synch with reality. =20 =20 > There does not seem to be a server named "anoncvs.FreeBSD.org". > As I am located in the US, I don't want to use a server in > another continent. =20 > The search results from here do not include anoncvs sites. > http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/FBSDsites.php >=20 > This shouldn't be this difficult to track down. Most FreeBSD users will use cvsup(1) to grab the latest sources -- it actually makes a lot more efficient use of network bandwidth than anonymous cvs. There are at least 17 cvsup servers in the USA alone.=20 Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAswnBiD657aJF7eIRAgiGAJ0TxXX8PfEZRejb19jQN7Z20M3GYACfTRFt HV7ta0u+4HxR8mmpqj61wQo= =giF7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N--
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