CVS problems: inconsistent, bad host.

[John Huttley <john mwk co nz>]

Whould someone in RHAD please forward this to the person who admins cvs.

Subject: Anoncvs problems
1. One of the cvs servers will always give 'no route to host'. Please
delete it from the DNS.

2. CVS mirrors wildly consistent. Example follows.
I saw Miguel's anouncement of  gnumeric .24. This prompted me to anoncvs
the latest version.
During the compile I saw macro definitions of version ".23'. The compile
failed.
When compiles fail I tend to delete and re checkout.
Version .23 again!.
I just sat there, running  update gnumeric until I got several with no
changes.
This time i had version .24. It still doesn't compile, but this time I
know at least i'm current.

I estimate the out of sync to be a day or more. Possibly lots more.

I lack the knowledge of cvs to identify the culprit(s), but suggest that
slow cvs from  a guaranteed master is better that this.
Consider! I sat there doing cvs update over and over, purely because I
couldn't trust what I was receiving.
A totally avoidable load on the system.

Regards