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. > > 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. > 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. > The search results from here do not include anoncvs sites. > http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/FBSDsites.php > > 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. Cheers, Matthew -- 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
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