Re: CVS corruption or other?

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Sarah Gonzales <address@hidden> writes:

> starting yesterday, when attempting to commit files, user began
> getting this error. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I
> recently upgraded from CVS 1.11.12 to 1.11.15. I looked this up on the
> net, but couldn't find anything.
> 
> Your help is appreciated! How do I recover from this?
> Error message is below.
> 
> cvs [server aborted]: unexpected '\x6c' reading revision number in RCS
> file
>   /PathToFiles/PgmScopeTree.h,v
> 
> thx very much.

At a guess, you have a corrupted repository. It may only be the one
PgmScopeTree.h,v file, or it might be others as well. Best try running
the validate_repo script on it.

The latest version may be found here:

  
https://ccvs.cvshome.org/unbranded-source/browse/*checkout*/ccvs/contrib/validate_repo.in?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain

        Good luck,
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