AB>
AB>         CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot
AB>         cvs -d ${CVSROOT} login                 # password anoncvs
AB>         mkdir /var/tmp/foo
AB>         cd /var/tmp/foo
AB>         cvs -u -d ${CVSROOT} checkout -l src    # this is reasonably fast
AB>         cd src
AB>         cvs -u update -A -rnetbsd-1-6 -dP       # this is slow
AB>
AB> If the first "cvs checkout -l" fails, then the directory structure

1) Try using a CVS mirror other than anoncvs.*
2) Maybe try doing something more extravgant w/ your update scripts (I've
been thinking about writing one)

_checkOut ()
{

if cvs -d $CVSROOT -t co src
then
	echo "CVS Checkout Complete"
	_update;
else
	echo "CVS Checkout Failed"
	exit 1
fi
}

AB> needed by the subsequent "cvs update" will probably not be created
AB> correctly.
AB>
AB> --apb (Alan Barrett)