Re: Assert Failure: cvs: lock.c:173: lock_name: Assertion `strncmp (r epository, CVSroot_directory, strlen (CVSroot_directory)) == 0' failed.

[Donald Sharp]

Did you update all your sandboxes to reflect the new repository location?

There are two solutions:

1)  Edit all the CVS/ directories in your workspace to properly
point at the new repository location.

2)  Re checkout a new sandbox and work from there.

donald
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 10:10:56AM -0700, Nesbitt, Steve wrote:
> All:
> 
> When trying to run cvs rdiff -r Tag1 -r Tag2 module I am getting the
> following assertion failure:
> cvs: lock.c:173: lock_name: Assertion `strncmp (repository,
> CVSroot_directory, strlen (CVSroot_directory)) == 0' failed.
> Terminated with fatal signal 6
> 
> This is occurring on version 1.10.7 with the serve running VA Linux.
> 
> This command was working last week. The only known change is that the
> repository was copied to another disk yesterday because of disk space
> problems.
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated!
> 
> -steve
> Steve Nesbitt
> Configuration Manager
> The Cobalt Group, Inc.
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> Seattle, WA 98134
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> 
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