Re: failed to remove tag - cannot remove file

[Russ Sherk]

On 10/5/05, Andrew Goktepe <address@hidden> wrote:
> Recently, a CVS update of one of our modules brought in a file that
> has been removed for more than a year, and now I am unable to get rid
> of it. When I try to commit the removal of the file, I get a "failed
> to remove tag" error message:
>
> $ cvs status PriceGuideListContainer.java
> =========================================================
> File: no file PriceGuideListContainer.java              Status: Locally 
> Removed
>
>    Working revision:    -1.15
>    Repository revision: 1.15
> /cvs/CVS_REPOSIT/<blah>/PriceGuideListContainer.java,v
>    Sticky Tag:          HEAD (revision: 1.15)
>    Sticky Date:         (none)
>    Sticky Options:      (none)
>
> $ cvs commit -m "" PriceGuideListContainer.java
> cvs commit: failed to remove tag `HEAD' from `PriceGuideListContainer.java'
> $
>
> We were running CVS 1.11 until I ran into this problem. I've since
> updated the server and client to 1.11.20, but I still cannot commit
> this file to get rid of it.
>
> Does this look like corruption? I also tried running the check_cvs
> script from the 1.11.20 installation, but it fails with this message:
>

You can try to run this in your current sandbox:
cvs up -A MODULE/PATH/PriceGuideListContainer.java
cvs ci MODULE/PATH/PriceGuideListContainer.java

The '-A' clears the sticky tag HEAD.  You can't commit to a non-branch
revision (file with sticky tag; HEAD or otherwise).

Does that help?

--Russ

> $ check_cvs
> Unable to read checkoutlist file: No such file or directory
> $
>
> Andrew Goktepe
> address@hidden
>
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