On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 02:14:58PM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > Perhaps you should redirect this question to freebsd-questions at freebsd.org > You don't need to be that harsh. He was trying to get his problem solved without adding to the global noise, by using the "local talent". Not everybody on the list is a Linux bigot and some might be interested in the answer. On the third hand, the relation between his question and FreeBSD was incidental: cvsup runs on Linux too and it can be used for other things than updating a FreeBSD system, getting GCC for instance: http://gcc.gnu.org/cvsup.html florin > From: "Ben Luey" <lueyb at gridley.ACNS.Carleton.edu> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:47 PM > Subject: [TCLUG] cvsup retry timer > > > > I'm using cvsup (on FreeBSD) to update the system, but I keep getting > > network write errors and the such. But it is working so I don't mind too > > much. But after each error cvsup decides to wait 1-2 hours before starting > > up again -- how can I force it to retry after a 5 minute wait or something > > more reasonable? I can't find anything in the FAQ or man pages. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben -- "If it's not broken, is because you are not fixing it enough." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4