Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] CVS service is down?

[Bob Proulx]

Hello Michael,

Michael Pagan wrote:
> I've read [your latest news][0] about the cvs service being moved to a
> new server, which was posted on the 15th of December.  The service was
> working well from 15 to 17 December (I made one commit per day);
> however, today I am not able to connect to `cvs.savannah.gnu.org'
> (`web.cvs' fails, too) for some reason.

Thanks for reporting this problem.  There seems to be some problem at
the site router level.  The system is up but completely inaccessible
from anywhere other than the local Boston LAN.

> I've tested the git servers, which were moved just recently, and they
> work-- just not cvs.  I've pinged the cvs server, with 0% packet loss,
> but the connection times out continuously.

Well...  There is a story there.  The git service had moved.  But then
I had to recall it because there were issues that hasn't been dealt
with yet.  It has actually moved back and forth a couple of times.  It
will be back on the new server soon.  But that is why it is appearing
to work for you while cvs isn't working.

But it isn't a fault on the cvs server as far as I can tell.  It
appears to be a site router problem.  I will report it to the FSF
sysadmin.

> Is there an ETA on when the server will be back up again?

For the interim I will switch the DNS for cvs back to the old server.
That will bring cvs back online.  Monday morning FSF sysadmin will
figure out the problem with the network connectivity.  We will switch
it back and continue.

Bob