tardis# cd /usr/sup
tardis# which sup
/usr/sbin/sup
tardis# cat supfile.netbsd
current release=allsrc host=sup.NetBSD.ORG hostbase=/a/anon_ftp base=/usr prefix=/usr old delete use-rel-suffix
current release=security host=sup.NetBSD.ORG hostbase=/a/anon_ftp base=/usr prefix=/usr old delete use-rel-suffix
current release=doc host=sup.NetBSD.ORG hostbase=/a/anon_ftp base=/usr prefix=/usr old delete use-rel-suffix
current release=othersrc host=sup.NetBSD.ORG hostbase=/a/anon_ftp base=/usr prefix=/usr old delete use-rel-suffix

tardis# sup -v supfile.netbsd
SUP 8.26 (4.3 BSD) for file supfile.netbsd at Oct 21 16:37:36
SUP Upgrade of current-allsrc at Tue Oct 21 16:37:37 1997
SUP Fileserver 8.13 (4.3 BSD) 20920 on netbsd.warped.com at 16:37:37
SUP Requesting changes since Oct 20 12:09:52 1997
SUP Updating file src/distrib/sets/lists/xbase/md.amiga
[... lots of stuff deleted ...]
SUP Updating file src/usr.sbin/dhcp/server/dhcpd.c
SUP: File server unable to transfer file src/usr.sbin/dhcp/statmsg/Makefile
SUP Updating file src/usr.sbin/dhcp/statmsg/main.c
SUP: File server unable to transfer file src/usr.sbin/dhcp/sysconfd/Makefile
SUP Updating file src/usr.sbin/dhcp/sysconfd/sysconfd.c
[...]
SUP Updated directory src/bin
SUP: Upgrade of current-allsrc completed with errors at Oct 21 16:47:04 1997
SUP: Upgrade time will not be updated

I've tried re-supping several times with identical results.  Is the
sup server hosed, or is there some magic incantation I need to do on
my machine?

Thanks,
entropy

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entropy -- it's not just a good idea, it's the second law.