On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 08:17:43PM +0000, D. Penev wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I try to update my pkgsrc directory several times without any succcess:-(
> To update ports I use cvs but at the same time of updating cvs abort with
> this error: 
> 
> root@earth:/usr# cvs update pkgsrc
> [snip]
> cvs server: Updating pkgsrc/textproc/ndtpd
> cvs server: Updating pkgsrc/textproc/ndtpd/files
> cvs server: Updating pkgsrc/textproc/ndtpd/patches
> anoncvs.netbsd.org: Connection refused
> cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if 
> any)
> 
> Any idea what's going on here, and why cvs server close connection?
> 
> P.S. The machine is behind NAT/Firewall but I thing that the problem isn't 
> this.

Are you using pserver or ssh ?
Maybe one of the CVS/Root files has a bad line. Try to force the cvsroot on
command line:
cvs -d $CVSROOT update pkgsrc
(BTW, you should really use cvs -d $CVSROOT update -dPA pkgsrc to remove
obsolete files/directories, and create new ones)

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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