Subject: Re: cvs update over slow connection broken
To: MLH <MLH@goathill.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/18/2002 22:44:22
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0000, MLH wrote:
> I've been running cvs for about two years over a slow connection
> with no problems. About 3-4 weeks ago it broke with :
> 
>  cvs [update aborted]: received broken pipe signal
> 
> I can cvs checkout and I can update specific targets, but when I
> try to update an entire directory such as syssrc or pkgsrc, I always
> get the above error since this started. I can delete the local cvs
> directory, check it out again, and still get the broken pipe signal
> when I try to update.
> 
> I use the exact same sequence of commands that I use on machines
> connected via high-speed connections, which work fine.
> 
> What's the problem with low-speed connections that started a few
> weeks ago?

Did you try a mirror ?
Just to see if the problem is on your side, or on the server side ...

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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