Is something wrong with CVS server?

Is something wrong with CVS server?

[H.J. Lu]

I got

bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
bash-3.2$ 

for the past half an hour.

H.J.

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi H.J.
> bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
> cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
>
>   

This is probably related to the recent security problem that has been 
affecting some public systems.  Please try accessing the CVs server 
again - it is definitely working for me.  If you still have problems, 
then ping the overseers list.

Cheers
  Nick

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi H.J.
>>
>> bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
>> cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
>>
>>
>
> This is probably related to the recent security problem that has been
> affecting some public systems.  Please try accessing the CVs server again -
> it is definitely working for me.  If you still have problems, then ping the
> overseers list.
>

It still doesn't work for me. Did you use "-d
:pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"?



-- 
H.J.

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:30 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hi H.J.
>>>
>>> bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
>>> cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This is probably related to the recent security problem that has been
>> affecting some public systems.  Please try accessing the CVs server again -
>> it is definitely working for me.  If you still have problems, then ping the
>> overseers list.
>>
>
> It still doesn't work for me. Did you use "-d
> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"?
>

"-d :ext:hjl@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" works. But "-d
:pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"
doesn't work.

-- 
H.J.

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi H.J.

> "-d :ext:hjl@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" works. But "-d
> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"
> doesn't work.
>
>   
Good point - no that does not work for me either.  Hmm.  I'll check with 
the overseers.

Cheers
  Nick

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Hi -

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 03:40:27PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> >:pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" doesn't work.
>
> Good point - no that does not work for me either.  [...]

This has been due to excessive system load, which we're working
to fix as we speak.

- FChE

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:33:24AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> "-d :ext:hjl@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" works. But "-d
> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"
> doesn't work.

Sourceware has a load throttler on anoncvs.  The load is currently
past sixty.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Michael Snyder]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:33:24AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> "-d :ext:hjl@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" works. But "-d
>> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"
>> doesn't work.
> 
> Sourceware has a load throttler on anoncvs.  The load is currently
> past sixty.

To what do we owe the honor?

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Anmol P. Paralkar]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, H.J. Lu wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:30 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> Hi H.J.
>>>>
>>>> bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
>>>> cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is probably related to the recent security problem that has been
>>> affecting some public systems.  Please try accessing the CVs server again -
>>> it is definitely working for me.  If you still have problems, then ping the
>>> overseers list.
>>>
>>
>> It still doesn't work for me. Did you use "-d
>> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"?
>>
>
> "-d :ext:hjl@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" works. But "-d
> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"
> doesn't work.
>
> -- 
> H.J.
>

H.J., Nick,

  I was able to do a:
  cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co binutils newlib sim gdb
  about a couple of hours ago, using my local internet service provider.

Regards,
Anmol.

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Jonathan Larmour]

H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:30 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> Hi H.J.
>>>> bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
>>>> cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This is probably related to the recent security problem that has been
>>> affecting some public systems.  Please try accessing the CVs server again -
>>> it is definitely working for me.  If you still have problems, then ping the
>>> overseers list.
>>>
>> It still doesn't work for me. Did you use "-d
>> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"?
>>
> 
> "-d :ext:hjl@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" works. But "-d
> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"
> doesn't work.

Some stupid web crawler ignored robots.txt and started crawling through CGI
script output. This sent sourceware's load through the roof, and when the
load exceeds a certain level, anonymous connections are suspended.

The relevant IP has been blocked and the load is now sane again.

Jifl
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Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Christopher Faylor]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:13:30AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>I got
>
>bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
>cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
>bash-3.2$ 
>
>for the past half an hour.

When there is a problem with CVS sending email to binutils or gdb
mailing lists is not the quickest way to alert someone.  You'll get
faster action by sending email directly to overseers or even hopping on
the #overseers irc channel at freenode.net.

cgf

Re: Is something wrong with CVS server?

[Michael Snyder]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:13:30AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> I got
>>
>> bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
>> cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
>> bash-3.2$
>>
>> for the past half an hour.
> 
> When there is a problem with CVS sending email to binutils or gdb
> mailing lists is not the quickest way to alert someone.  You'll get
> faster action by sending email directly to overseers or even hopping on
> the #overseers irc channel at freenode.net.

... another thing that could possibly benefit from
being written down somewhere...   ;-)