Re: [microblaze-uclinux] cvs will NOT complete

[Paul Hartke <phartke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just checked out fresh copies of both uClinux-dist and the kernel earlier
today.  The dist checkout took several hours but it completed fine. 
Perhaps some firewall, etc between you and the server is cutting the
connection.

Paul

Quoting jim bo <jamesd.snyder@xxxxxxxxx>:
> This is driving me crazy.  I follow the instructions exactly on the
> webpage:
>
>
> Following are step by step instructions for obtaining the uClinux kernel
> and
> distribution sources.
>
>    1.
>
>    Login to the uClinux anonymous CVS server
>
>    $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/var/cvs login
>
>    Press enter when prompted for a password
>
>    2. Decide where you want the uClinux distribution tree to live, say
>    ~/uClinux-dist.  Obviously you need write permissions in this
> directory.
>
>    $ cd ~
>
>    3. Get the uClinux distribution environment, uClinux-dist.  This can
>    take a while, there's over a hundred megabytes to download.
>
>    cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/var/cvs co uClinux-dist
>
>    4. Get the uClinux-2.4.x source, and place it next to the uClinux-dist
>    directory.  This too can take a while, though not as long as
> uClinux-dist.
>
>    $ cd ~
>    $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/var/cvs co
>    uClinux-2.4.x
>
>    5. Make a symbolic link mapping uClinux-2.4.x as uClinux-dist/linux-
>    2.4.x
>
>    $ cd ~/uClinux-dist
>    $ ln -s ../uClinux-2.4.x linux-2.4.x
>
> It stalles every time.  Sometimes it's the same file that it stalls on
> but
> it's usually different... seemingly random.  I can't get anything done!
> It's absolutely maddening.  Please someone tell me that I don't have to
> keep
> trying until it miraculously works... because my experience would lead me
> to
> believe that miracle might never come to pass.
>
> I'm using Mandrake Linux 10.1 which came with CVS client/server version
> 1.11.17.
>
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