Subject: Re: cvs update over slow connection broken
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: MLH <MLH@goathill.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/19/2002 16:35:00
On 19 Nov 2002 15:57:38 GMT, MLH wrote:
> On 18 Nov 2002 17:35:00 -0600, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>> 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
> ... 
>>> What's the problem with low-speed connections that started a few
>>> weeks ago?
> 
> Akkk. I was running with anoncvs.de.netbsd.org as I was typing this
> and it just did it...  I managed to update pkgsrc with no problem
> last night, but it just broke while updating syssrc just now :

And now it no longer works at all. However, I just realized something
that might be significant. This all started after I upgraded from
a 1G Athlon to an XP 2000. Maybe there is a timing problem with
the cvs client code?