On Saturday 27 April 2002 19:18, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> I guess:
> anoncvs release=all host=sup.NetBSD.ORG hostbase=/ftp/pub
> prefix=/home/ftp/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current base=/home/sup delete
> use-rel-suffix compress
>
> Change prefix to the path where you want the CVS files on your machine.

I had something similar and didn't work. Same situation here. I did a ktrace on the sup process and i saw it is blocking after receiving the file list from server. I waited for about 20 minutes and nothing happened.

bash-2.05# date
Sun Apr 28 12:19:00 EEST 2002
bash-2.05# kdump | tail -n 20
        \0\0\0\0\0\0&\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/Makefile.SH,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0&\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/p\
        atch/Makefile.nt,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/README,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'\0\0\0xs\
        rc/xfree/xc/util/patch/backupfile.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/backupfile.h,v\
        \^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0#\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/common.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0#\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util\
        /patch/config.H,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0&\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/config.h.SH,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0&\0\0\
        \0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/config.h.nt,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0 \0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/inp.c,v\^D\0\
        \0\0\0\0\0\0 \0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/inp.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0#\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/m\
        alloc.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"\0\0\0"
  4458 sup      RET   write 2043/0x7fb
  4458 sup      CALL  write(0x3,0x80574e0,0x1d5)
  4458 sup      GIO   fd 3 wrote 469 bytes
       "xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/patch.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/patch.man,v\^D\0\0\
        \0\0\0\0\0'\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/patchlevel.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0 \0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/pa\
        tch/pch.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0 \0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/pch.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\0\0\0xsrc/xfree\
        /xc/util/patch/util.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/util.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\
        \0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/version.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/version.h,v\
        \^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/winnt.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\M-~\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\
        \M^?\M^?"
  4458 sup      RET   write 469/0x1d5
  4458 sup      CALL  select(0x4,0x80571c0,0,0,0x80571c4)
bash-2.05# date
Sun Apr 28 12:25:57 EEST 2002
bash-2.05# ps -axuww | grep sup | grep -v grep
root     4458  0.0 24.0 62108 62816 p0  S+   12:08PM   0:24.93 sup mysup
bash-2.05# kdump | tail -n 20
        \0\0\0\0\0\0&\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/Makefile.SH,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0&\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/p\
        atch/Makefile.nt,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/README,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'\0\0\0xs\
        rc/xfree/xc/util/patch/backupfile.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/backupfile.h,v\
        \^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0#\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/common.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0#\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util\
        /patch/config.H,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0&\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/config.h.SH,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0&\0\0\
        \0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/config.h.nt,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0 \0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/inp.c,v\^D\0\
        \0\0\0\0\0\0 \0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/inp.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0#\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/m\
        alloc.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"\0\0\0"
  4458 sup      RET   write 2043/0x7fb
  4458 sup      CALL  write(0x3,0x80574e0,0x1d5)
  4458 sup      GIO   fd 3 wrote 469 bytes
       "xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/patch.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/patch.man,v\^D\0\0\
        \0\0\0\0\0'\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/patchlevel.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0 \0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/pa\
        tch/pch.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0 \0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/pch.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\0\0\0xsrc/xfree\
        /xc/util/patch/util.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/util.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\
        \0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/version.c,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/version.h,v\
        \^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"\0\0\0xsrc/xfree/xc/util/patch/winnt.h,v\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\M-~\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\
        \M^?\M^?"
  4458 sup      RET   write 469/0x1d5
  4458 sup      CALL  select(0x4,0x80571c0,0,0,0x80571c4)
bash-2.05#

Thanks,
Mihai