Re: corrupted CVS/Entries on checkout?

[C. Grierson]

ok, nevermind; i guess i need to RTFM a little more clearly.

now i have to figure out why LinCVS is acting weird though...

sorry for adding unnecessary traffic to the list!

-c

On Sat, 4 May 2002, C. Grierson wrote:

> a couple things to add:
>
> for clarity's sake, i'll note that this corrupted CVS/Entries
> issue is with *all* CVS/Entries files.  also, directories with
> no files/subdirs have a single 'D' being the entire contents of
> their CVS/Entries.
>
> perhaps i should note also that LinCVS still won't add it to the
> 'workbench' after the obstensible 'fix' by the 'cvs update'.  this
> isn't a direct CVS issue, but perhaps it indicates that there is
> still something wrong with the checkout.  ignore all this LinCVS
> info if it isn't useful--the problem is with cvs itself.
>
> -c
>
> On Sat, 4 May 2002, C. Grierson wrote:
>
> > bonjour `a tous,
> >
> > i have noticed that upon 'cvs checkout' the CVS/Entries file is not
> > properly created, leaving a trailing 'D' in the file, as it appears
> > to try to list the directories in the current directory (none
> > actually get included in the file).  interestingly CVS/Entries.Log
> > exists and contains 'A' (add) entries for the directories within.
> >
> > for some reason, 'cvs update' will fix this problem by recreating a
> > proper list in CVS/Entries.  while it may seem like this is a non-
> > problem since there is a workaround, it is an indicator that some-
> > thing is going wrong with the server or client cvs.  that and LinCVS
> > won't work with it because the CVS/Entries are corrupted ;) (until
> > 'cvs update').  i should note that the checkout is made manually and
> > not by LinCVS, since i brought it up...
> >
> > the CVS/Entries.Log file no longer exists after the 'cvs update'. does
> > anyone have the remotest idea of what is going on here?
> >
> >
> > before 'cvs update':
> >
> > CVS/Entries:
> > ------------
> > /ChangeLog/1.2/Sat Oct  3 02:05:04 1998//
> > /README/1.3/Thu Feb 15 18:40:04 2001//
> > /copyright.html/1.3/Tue Apr  2 00:23:32 2002//
> > /framebuilder.html/1.5/Tue Apr  2 00:23:32 2002//
> > /index.html/1.4/Tue Apr  2 00:23:32 2002//
> > D
> > ------------
> >
> > CVS/Entries.Log
> > ---------------
> > A D/Test////
> > A D/bin////
> > A D/classes////
> > A D/docs////
> > A D/gifs////
> > A D/local////
> > A D/logs////
> > A D/src////
> > ---------------
> >
> > after:
> >
> > CVS/Entries:
> > ------------
> > /ChangeLog/1.2/Sat Oct  3 02:05:04 1998//
> > /README/1.3/Thu Feb 15 18:40:04 2001//
> > /copyright.html/1.3/Tue Apr  2 00:23:32 2002//
> > /framebuilder.html/1.5/Tue Apr  2 00:23:32 2002//
> > /index.html/1.4/Tue Apr  2 00:23:32 2002//
> > D/Test////
> > D/bin////
> > D/classes////
> > D/docs////
> > D/gifs////
> > D/local////
> > D/logs////
> > D/src////
> > ------------
> >
> > thanks everyone,
> >
> > -chris grierson
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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