On 03/17/17 12:09, Hrishikesh Muruk wrote: > Following instructions at https://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html > > I downloaded sys.tar.gz and src.tar.gz for OpenBSD 6.0 and followed that > with an attempt to update the source to stable. > > $ cvs -d anon...@anoncvs3.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs -q up -rOPENBSD_6_0 -Pd > > After running for a while cvs is just stuck at > > ? gnu/usr.bin/perl/cpan/ExtUtils-CBuilder/lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Platform > ? gnu/usr.bin/perl/ext/Attribute-Handlers > > Seems to make no progress. The top command shows cvs WAIT state as biowait > and has stayed that way for more than 30 mins. > > Is cvs stuck or does it normally take this long for an update to stable?
depends on your hw -- 486 or sparc, probably still busy. modern computer (younger than 15 years old), probably stuck. I'd start with trying a different mirror. If that does it, you might want to let your mirror's maintainer know you had a problem in case it was something broke on their end. It might also be a problem with your connection -- a CVS update can be a very long, sustained SSH connection, and in the case of a -stable upgrade, perhaps a lot of time spent moving nothing, so maybe your (non-OpenBSD) firewall timed out? I've seen commercial FWs timeout on ssh connections before, never during a CVS update, but then, I don't do -stable. :) (in multiple meanings!) You might want to try just doing a -stable checkout instead of updating the .tgz files, since for MOST people, Internet bandwidth is not something needing conservation. Nick.
