Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 22:08:27 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, cejkar@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz Subject: Re: cvsup problems Message-ID: <XFMail.981202220827.jdp@polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812030035430.7329-100000@bright.fx.genx.net>
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On 03-Dec-98 Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, John Polstra wrote:
>> It sounds like network problems, not CVSup problems. Try "-P m" on
>> the cvsup command line. That makes it behave more like "normal"
>> applications as far as the network is concerned. If it helps, it
>> probably indicates that there's a buggy router between you and the
>> server.
>
> If that fails try:
>
> "-P -"
>
> is your last resort. It tells cvsup to only use a single outgoing socket.
True, but "-P m" is the safest. It only uses a single TCP connection,
period. "-P -" uses two TCP connections, and its traffic patterns on
the connections are more atypical. Trust me, I wrote the thing. :-)
John
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John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
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