cvsup issues and errors

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cvsup is really pissing me off.

this is how my cvsup file looks currently:

*default host=cvsup14.us.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs
*default tag=RELENG_5_1
*default delete use-rel-suffix

src-all

# added manually... collection will be filtered through the refuse file
ports-all tag=.
doc-all tag=.

i really dont know how the syntax works. i've been having nothing but problems getting to to work. i tried experiementing i puti tag=RELENG_5_1_0... i think this caused the ports/ directory to be deleted.

i get error after error after error running this thing... especially i'm always getting "connection refused" and "tree list failed errors"

i also get issues with something not being able to be found on the server.

does anyone know what's going on? how do i fix these issues.... and make it so they never ever ever return again.