Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:42:23 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble updating ports Message-ID: <200503250742.24088.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <dae40e7c14d269b21eb166b75214d427@truffy.com> References: <b5a6555206748363f8edfd10f01bac99@truffy.com> <dae40e7c14d269b21eb166b75214d427@truffy.com>
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On Friday 25 March 2005 06:49 am, Nigel Moore wrote: > Hello > > I've been trying to update the ports on a FreeBSD 5.3 install without > success. I've just taken the standard ports-supfile, changed the > default base to "/usr" and added my local cvsup mirror, but I get > continual connection time-outs (transcript below). > > I've also tried other cvsup servers in Germany, the UK, as well as > the central mirrors. Same deal across the board, and this has been > going on for over a week. > > The machine is behind a firewall, but I've managed to download > packages from the FreeBSD FTP server. > > Any pointers as to how to resolve this? > > Thanks > > N See /etc/services, make sure port 5999 is open -Mike
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