Re: cvs bug leaving locks on the server

[Larry Jones]

Bart Santy writes:
> 
> When executing 'cvs -q log -N -rRELEASED:: pr_ofgtpk_tst.sql'  on a file
> which doesn't have the RELEASED tag,
> I get the following output:
>       cvs server: warning: no revision `RELEASED' in
> `/apps/cvs/cvsroot/CDB/CDB/test/sql/procedure/of/pr_ofgtpk_tst.sql,v'
>       Terminated with fatal signal 11

I've checked in a fix for this bug.  Thanks!

> My problem is that afterwards, a lockfile #cvs.rfl.Cacofonix.837 still
> exists on the server, blocking all future access to it.

Unfortunately, when CVS crashes, that's what happens.  You have to
remove the orphan lock file by hand.  Sorry.

-Larry Jones

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