Err.. did you read the original message?
You wrote:
>
> Since you're in the UK try
>
> *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org
>
> in your sup-file
>
> I get excellent d/l speeds from there (some of the US servers are
> painfully slow from the UK, unless you pick a time when everyone's
> asleep over The Pond).
>
Robin Melville wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Am I alone in having a hell of a time cvsup-ing 3.4? I'm using the
> exact same supfile as ever, but it crawls (on whatever server I try)
> then finally dies with "TreeList failed: Network write failure:
> Connection timed out" at anything up to one hour after starting.
>
> This is cvsup client REL_16_0 over userland ppp on a 56k modem line with:
>
> *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org
> *default base=/usr
> *default prefix=/usr
> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_3
> *default delete use-rel-suffix
> *default compress
> src-all
>
> I'm hoping that it's because the entire world has abandoned their
> seasonal holidays in order to download FreeBSD. However, it's
> possible something is going wrong.
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