Re: corrupt cvs repo

[Jim Hyslop]

Jon Ringle wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a cvs repository that we use without any apparent issue. I was trying 
> to do some evaluation of other SCMs out there (subversion and git), and I had 
> problems trying to use their cvs import utilities on my cvs repo. They 
> complained about corruption.
>
> So, I tried running the validate-repo script on my cvs repo, and I was a bit 
> dismayed to find that it reported the following:
>
> Total Files: 57514  Corrupted files: 57484  Invalid revs: 0  Extra files: 6  
> Ignored Files: 24
>
> What baffles me is that we use this cvs repository every day without noticing 
> any problems.
>
> I am soliciting any advice regarding this. Do I really have a problem? How can 
> I find out more about what the corruption is?

Is your server CVS or CVSNT?

It's possible that the corruption may be, for example, a bad log message 
in an ancient revision of the file. I'm just guessing, though.

Try using the --verbose option to validate-repo and see if that helps 
shed some light on it.

--
Jim