Re: cvs server bug report - version 1.11.5

[Martin Jørgensen]

On May 15, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Jim Hyslop wrote:

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> Martin Jørgensen wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure I've found a bug with "cvs admin" on a computer   
> > running
> > Sun-Fire-V250 with Solaris
> > 9. Is this is the place to fill in the bug-report or where do I go?
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> > Please tell me if I found the right place...
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> In addition to what Mark said, please note that 1.11.5 is a very old
> version. Check the NEWS file of the most recent version (1.11.21)  
> to see
> if your bug has already been addressed.

Hmm... It took some while to find it but I looked here:

http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/cvs/ccvs/NEWS? 
rev=1.116.2.142&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

And I don't think the error is listed.... The problem is that if I  
create a file (which I don't tell CVS about) and accidentally try to  
"cvs admin" it (to change it from binary -> text file), then I get this:


> Terminated with fatal signal 11


And it leaves a some lock-files / lock-directories... I found out  
because I used tortoiseCVS to add some ".dat" files which in fact  
were ASCII-files... So I had to do a "cvs admin *.dat" - but then  
there was a new file which I forgot and which CVS didn't knew  
anything about...

I really think it's a bug - I mean - there's simply no reason to be  
so rude and terminate just like that. Instead if it were more polite,  
it would just have written: "new_file.dat <- unknown file: do a cvs  
add on it - exiting program and cleaning up lock-files now" or  
whatever.... And it should definately clean up those lock-files/lock- 
dir's when it exits so I don't have to write mails to the server- 
administrators who seem to have lots of other things to do also...

Is this a bug I should report?

BTW: Please respond directly with a CC to me, as I just wanted to be  
polite and report this bug so it could be fixed if it hasn't already  
been - and that's all. I guess you probably also have a web-interface  
(web forum) somewhere but I don't know where it is....


Regards,
Martin