Try cvs in a subdirectory at a lower level.
Say, in /usr/src/lib/libc and cvs md.  It works.  
Too slow though.

Peter


On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 01:52:42PM -0500, Sean Davis wrote:
> The tarballs on ftp.netbsd.org are 4 days older than my last source tree.
> so that wouldn't work
> 
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 01:51:28PM -0500, Peter Varga wrote:
> > Think of the problem: getting the source.
> > 
> > Take a tarball via ftp. :-)  ... and see if that helps.
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:59:12AM -0500, Sean Davis wrote:
> > > > So, you are not alone, and thanks for confirming for me that the
> > > > problems aren't with the mirror I leech off of, but rather upstream
> > > > on the anoncvs machine from which it pulls.
> > > 
> > > Okay, good to know that it's not a problem on my side, at least.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I have another corrupt file I quoted from earlier, which apparently
> > > > is corrupt on the site I use, perhaps also on anoncvs, that b0rked my
> > > > build yesterday, and which hasn't been updated today to be correct.
> > > > Would you care to take a look at your basesrc/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs/mkfs.c
> > > > file and tell me if you find a line some 180 lines into it like
> > > > statectors/track including spares */
> > > > within it?  That will tell me if the file is equally corrupt on anoncvs,
> > > > or whether it's getting corrupted in the mirroring process, or somewhere
> > > > else...
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Right now I'm trying a fresh checkout of src (i rm -r'd it to see if getting
> > > a new one would help) and have not gotten to usr.sbin/... yet, but when I
> > > have, I'll take a look and let you know.
> > > 
> > > Thanks much for the response.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > thanks
> > > > barry bouwsma
> > > > 
> > > 
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