Re: troubles with cvs

[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 10, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Kim Hansen wrote:

> On 10/11/07, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I've been unable to access the cvs for the last day, or so.
> >
> > bens-macbook:~/cvs/octave bpabbott$ echo $CVS_ROOT
> > ssh
> > bens-macbook:~/cvs/octave bpabbott$ cvs update
> > velveeta.che.wisc.edu: Operation timed out
> > cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages
> > if any)
> > bens-macbook:~/cvs/octave bpabbott$ ping velveeta.che.wisc.edu
> > PING velveeta.che.wisc.edu (128.104.176.132): 56 data bytes
> > ^C
> > --- velveeta.che.wisc.edu ping statistics ---
> > 168 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
> > bens-macbook:~/cvs/octave bpabbott$ ping www.octave.org
>
> It looks like there is a problem in the network between you and the
> cvs server, I think that a traceroute might give a clue to where the
> problem is.

Kim, Thanks for the suggestion.

John already spotted my erorr. In my haste cut-n-part from the  
website  CVS_RSH, I grabbed CVS_ROOT instead

Ben