lock file write errors

[Bob]

Anybody know why I get these lock file write errors? I'm getting them
on lots of files, preventing me from creating new tags. System Admin
at my company says it is because the troublesome filenames and
directory names all start with an underscore ('_'). Looking for
confirmation of this fact.

Also, if true, then why did cvs allow me to add the files/dirs to
the repository in the first place? :^(

Not only am I unable to add a tag to the file, but I also cannot
REMOVE it! That is REALLY frustrating, because any recursive cvs
command now aborts upon processing one of these bad files.




% cvs tag -b EEL_5_8 BT_node
cvs server: Tagging BT_node
T BT_node/A_inbound.txt
T BT_node/IxFEPort_Node1of3.prt
T BT_node/IxGigPort_Node1of3.prt
T BT_node/btnode.prt
T BT_node/bundles.txt
cvs server: Tagging BT_node/_Bob_Dec2004
T BT_node/_Bob_Dec2004/README.bob.txt
cvs [server aborted]: error writing to lock file
/export/home/swa_cvs/ite2/eel/BT_node/_Bob_Dec2004/,logs-2300FlowsPerSecond,



% uname -a
SunOS testfire 5.8 Generic_117000-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60


% cvs -version

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.1p1 (client/server)

Copyright (c) 1989-2001 Brian Berliner, david d `zoo' zuhn,
Jeff Polk, and other authors

CVS may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public
License, a copy of which can be found with the CVS distribution kit.

Specify the --help option for further information about CVS






I logged into cvshome and checked the repository files. Nothing seems
wrong to me:

% pwd
/export/home/swa_cvs/ite2/eel/BT_node

% ls -alR
.:
total 668
drwxrwxr-x   5 tsreyb   ayocella     512 Jan 28 13:42 .
drwxrwxr-x  71 tsreyb   ayocella    1536 Jan 28 13:21 ..
-r--r--r--   1 tsreyb   ayocella    7692 Jan 28 13:31 A_inbound.txt,v
-r-xr-xr-x   1 tsreyb   ayocella  118838 Jan 28 13:31
IxFEPort_Node1of3.prt,v
-r-xr-xr-x   1 tsreyb   ayocella  118840 Jan 28 13:31
IxGigPort_Node1of3.prt,v
drwxrwxr-x   2 tsreyb   ayocella     512 Jan 28 13:42 _Bob_Dec2004
drwxrwxr-x   2 tsreyb   ayocella     512 Jan 28 13:42 _Chris_Jan2005
drwxrwxr-x   2 tsreyb   ayocella     512 Jan 28 13:42 _Justin.Dec2004
-r-xr-xr-x   1 tsreyb   ayocella   32618 Jan 28 13:31 btnode.prt,v
-r--r--r--   1 tsreyb   ayocella   32487 Jan 28 13:31 bundles.txt,v

./_Bob_Dec2004:
total 73030
drwxrwxr-x   2 tsreyb   ayocella     512 Jan 28 13:42 .
drwxrwxr-x   5 tsreyb   ayocella     512 Jan 28 13:42 ..
-r--r--r--   1 tsreyb   ayocella     499 Jan 28 13:31 README.bob.txt,v
-r--r--r--   1 tsreyb   ayocella 17029694 Jan 28 12:36
logs-2300FlowsPerSecond,v
-r--r--r--   1 tsreyb   ayocella 4542605 Jan 28 12:36
logs-965FlowsPerSecond,v
-r--r--r--   1 tsreyb   ayocella 15764066 Jan 28 12:36
logs-SatSunTests.txt,v