On Fri, 2 May 2003, Gan Uesli Starling wrote:

> http://netbsd.org/Documentation/current/#using-anoncvs
>
> ...and each time it has stalled at some point, sans
> warning, sans error, sans return of prompt. It just
> goes fine for a while then stops and hangs. It seems
> to hang at a different spot every time. Definitely so
> the last two times.

In another console do a "netstat -an" to see if the CVS connection is
still up. This has happened to me too (but not for a long time).

> Should I give up on CVS and go for the other way?

Maybe try a different AnonCVS mirror.
http://www.netbsd.org/mirrors/#anoncvs

Also, make sure you have a recent version of cvs.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/