RE: Input / output error while checking out code from CVS

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Todd Denniston
>Sent: 14 September 2005 13:37

>> "Maninder Singh(SDG)" wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>         We are getting an input / output error while checking-out code
>> 
>>> from our CVS Server. The error exactly says:
>>> "export: inflate: invalid stored block lengths [export aborted]:
>>> reading from server: input/output error"


> Check in the MacCVS GUI for an option for compression, and turn
> compression off if it is currently on.
> 
> The error message indicates, as far as I can tell, that there was a
> problem with the compression routines, which then equates to an IO error.
> Turning 
> off compression and then having the commands work would confirm that the
> compression routines are the problem.


  I'd also suggest checking if there are any cvsadmin-style scripts running.
This kind of error can be caused if a script writes any text to stdout; the
text ends up in the comms stream between server and client and gets
misinterpreted as mangled compresed data.  You might be able to tell if this
is happening by running tcpdump or some similar network sniffer and taking a
look at the packet contents; if you see some obvious ascii text in there, it
should point you in the right direction.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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