Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "moving" an arch repository

[Jason McCarty]

Andy Tai wrote:
> Hi, I wonder if there is an easy way to recreate an
> arch repository elsewhere.  That is, how can I create
> a copy of an existing arch repository (as in creating
> a tar ball of the arch repository and untar it on
> another machine) and make it a new functional
> repository?  Trying to do this fails due to invalid
> inode signatures.  If there any tool that can
> "convert" such a copy of an existing arch repo into a
> new, functional repository again?  
> 
> This will be useful for backup purposes when I have no
> access to tla or baz on a machine that previously host
> an repository.  And you could do this with a CVS
> repository...  

Are you trying to tar up a directory listed by "tla archives" (an
archive), or a directory created by "tla get" (a working directory)?

It sounds like you're talking about a pristine tree in a working
directory rather than an archive. In that case, you can fix it with
"rm -rf {arch}/++pristine-trees".

However, I believe an arch archive, rather than a working directory,
corresponds with a CVS repository, so maybe you're not tarring up the
files you want. An archive should be amenable to tarring without any
complaints from tla.

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Jason McCarty <address@hidden>