Re: During checkout error

[Larry Jones]

JTBAKER writes:
> 
> I couldn't find any explanations on the following error which occurs 
> once in a while during a directory checkout in a cron job.  If a manual 
> check out again right after it,  it would work fine.  I don't believe 
> there was any error in it.  When this error appears, the checkout aborts.
> 
> cvs [checkout aborted]: unexpected '\x65' reading revision number in RCS 
> file file,v
> 
> Any explanations?

Either your repository is on a network drive and the network file system
is unreliable, the hard drive containing the repository is going bad, or
the connection to the hard drive containg the repository is unreliable.

Whichever is the case, you have a serious problem that may corrupt your
entire repository, if it hasn't already.  I strongly suggest running the
validate_repo (for CVS 1.12) or check_cvs (for cvs 1.11) script from the
contrib directory to check the repository for corruption after fixing
the problem.

-Larry Jones

I'm crying because out there he's gone, but he's not gone inside me. -- Calvin