INFO: cvs downtime

[Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]

Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 of April 2009, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> > Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 28 of April 2009, Tomasz Pala wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 21:24:26 +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> > > > >> > #!/bin/sh
> > > > >> > CROOT=:pserver:cvs at cvs.pld-linux.org:/cvsroot
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > SPECS=$(for a in `cvs -z3 -d${CROOT} ls -l packages | awk
> > > > >> > '/(directory)/ { print $1 } '`; do echo -n "packages/$a/$a.spec ";
> > > > >> > done)
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > cvs -z3 -d${CROOT} co $SPECS
> > > > >>
> > > > >> cvs [ls aborted]: server does not support ls
> > > > >
> > > > > Works fine here with cvsnt as client.
> > > >
> > > > It's not...
> > > >
> > > > zsh: argument list too long: cvs
> > > >
> > > > $ echo $SPECS | wc -c
> > > > 562207
> > > >
> > > > $ echo $SPECS | xargs cvs -z3 -d${CROOT} co
> > >
> > > Well, upgrade your kernel (and maybe zsh, too) then. Works fine in Th.
> >
> > Well, requirement of Th for developers is not a good idea. Ac is still
> > supported. And it would be nice to have the repo usable also for Ra users
> > (ra2ac.spec ?)
> 
> Tomasz already gave you a solution for old systems.

I did notice.
Please, treat my comment as more general suggestion.

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