On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 06:25:42 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> granted us these pearls of wisdom:
> FreeBSD fixer.com 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 22 14:47:02 GMT 2004 > root@:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/VILLATV i386 > > I am having a problem with cvsup version 16. I used it about a month ao with no > problem. I have now tried it several times with no success. I even reinstalled the > entire operating system twice. > > I activate my modum and type cvsup supfile. The box appears and I click the go tab. > It goes wild for about 30 to 40 seconds downloading 40 to 50 files. This is okay. > After that, it just dies. This is the problem. I don't understand why it dies. > > I have an external modem and after it dies, sometimes the transfer lights on the > modum blink and sometimes theres no light at all. After it dies, it will go until it > times out (15 to 20 minutes). I have FreeBSD 5.1. I installed the cvsup package off > the 1st cdrom. I created 'cvsup' in the /usr/local/etc directory. I put my supfile > under cvsup. I have csh, so I typed 'setenv CVS ROOT=/usr/local/etc/cvsup', which > seems to work. The supfile I use is > > *default host=cvsup5.freebsd.org > > *default prefix=/usr > > *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup > > *default tag-. > > *default release=cvs > > *default delete use-rel-suffix compress > > ports-all > > I don't remember my first supfile, I thinks it like the above. Also I learned that > if something in the supfile isn't perfect, it won't work. Please analyze and let me > know whats wrong. Thanks in advance. > > greg try /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ A quick look at the documentation there should set you straight. Good Luck LK _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
