From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 25 01:54:59 2004 Return-Path: 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 A6CDC16A4CE for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 01:54:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CC9F43D2F for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 01:54:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i4P8sRUV050596 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 25 May 2004 09:54:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i4P8sP1c050591; Tue, 25 May 2004 09:54:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:54:25 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Raymond Lillard Message-ID: <20040525085425.GA97637@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Raymond Lillard , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <40B2C213.3020803@sonic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40B2C213.3020803@sonic.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040524, clamav-milter version 0.71 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting source by anoncvs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 08:54:59 -0000 --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--