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Re: Problem with cvsup hanging ...


From: Daniel Prather <mysticone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:58:28 -0500

In article <20040922110840.R18149@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
 walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Daniel Prather wrote:
> 
> > In article <4512.192.168.0.2.1095819701.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >  justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > > Yes, I've been doing it from the first virtual console.  I did as you
> > > > said and let it run until it locked up, then tried ctrl-alt-escape.
> > > > Nothing :(  No messages or anything are ever printed.  It simply locks
> > > > up at random points as cvsup runs.
> > >
> > > What happens if you, say, download a very large file?  Or if you download
> > > a tarball of the src/dfports ( http://dragon.bsdtech.com/DragonFly/ ) and
> > > ungzip/tar?  I'm wondering if it's something with bad RAM or the drive,
> > > triggered by file activity.
> >
> > I tried that using fetch.  It d/led the tarball just fine.  I think did
> > "tar jxvf src.tar.bz2" and that proceeded without a hitch as well.
> > Soooooo, I'm stumped! :(
> 
> I wonder if running cvsup from gdb would be helpful?

In a cruel twist of fate, I did run cvsup in gdb.  It worked just fine 
then, though I got *no* information out of it.  How annoying is that? :)  
So I got /usr/ports updated, but now I have no idea why cvsup wasn't 
working to begin with.  *grumble grumble*

Daniel Prather
MysticOne
mysticone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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