On 2016/02/01 12:44, cho...@jtan.com wrote: > >Synopsis: CVS fails to check out large files on amd64, sometimes > >Category: user amd64 > >Environment: > System : OpenBSD 5.8 > Details : OpenBSD 5.8 (GENERIC.MP) #1236: Sun Aug 16 02:31:04 MDT > 2015 > > dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > > Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64 > Machine : amd64 > >Description: > When checking out large files using a local CVS server, the > final 'ok' line is not printed about 2/3 of the time and the > checkout subsequently fails. > > I heard through the grapevine (aka. #openbsd on freenode) that > this is a known problem affecting amd64. Hopefully some > diagnosis can shed some light on it. Personally I don't relish > the thought of digging into cvs' source.
Not seeing this here but you may be running into memory limits. See dlimit in CVSROOT/config.