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From: freebsd@xaa.stack.nl ("FreeBSD matters of Mark Huizer (xaa)")
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Cc: StevenR362@aol.com, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de,
        freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: cvsup can't find host - sometimes
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> > >  (this is from a cvsup -L 2 cvsupfile | mail I send to myself when cvsup
> > >  is finished)
> > >  
> > >  Pinging freefall works fine. I'm just wondering whether this is a
> > >  network problem (load, nameservers unreachable or some such) or
> > >  if it might be a cvsup problem since the lookup is done by the
> > >  program and the name search might be not 'hard enough'.
> > >  
> >    I get this also on a 14.4 dialup connection while doing a couple of
> > simultaneous ftp's.   It seems to be the result of a slow/overloaded link
> > and a timeout.
> 
> I saw it too without any overload on my 28.8K dialup connection.
> It not only freefall.cdrom.com but cvsup.nl.freebsd.org too.
> 
Perhaps we could check that out from both sides :-)
Perhaps if I put the logfile of cvsup.nl.freebsd.org next to your dialin 
behaviour, I can check if I can come up with something.

Does this also happen (something worth testing) with the 'real' hostname
alterego.stack.nl? Perhaps some nameserver is taking a little time or 
something (perhaps even the machine was just down :-)

Mark Huizer
(xaa@stack.nl)