[cvsnt] Error reading from server cvs.sourceforge.net: 0

Torsten Martinsen torsten at tiscali.dk
Tue Jul 8 19:51:11 BST 2003


Community technical support mailing list was retired 2010 and replaced with a professional technical support team. For assistance please contact: Pre-sales Technical support via email to sales@march-hare.com.


Mike Lehmann wrote:

> When trying to run an cvs update on sourceforge projects, I get 
> following errors in 95% of the cases:
>
> cvs [update aborted]: Error reading from server cvs.sourceforge.net: -1
> cvs [update aborted]: Error reading from server cvs.sourceforge.net: 0
>
> Is this a known problem with the sourceforge's cvs server? 

Yes, if you are using :pserver: (as anonymous). This is documented in 
the SourceForge "Site Status" document. They have temporarily put a 
limit on the maximum number of pserver connections.

Workaround: Obtain a login and use SSH instead.

-Torsten



More information about the cvsnt mailing list
Download the latest CVSNT, TortosieCVS, WinCVS etc. for Windows 8 etc.
@CVSNT on Twitter   CVSNT on Facebook