Re: "Protocol error" fix not in v1.11.x?

[Steve McIntyre]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:42:57AM -0500, Jim.Hyslop wrote:
>
>The problem's intermittent, so it may be difficult to verify if the patch
>works for sure. I've only seen it once since we upgraded our CVS system
>(other users have occasionally reported it). I'm assuming the log entry for
>1.289 correctly identifies the problem that the commit is addressing :-) In
>any case, I'll run this past the other CVS admins here (I'm not the UNIX
>sysadmin, so I won't be doing the patch myself).
>
>By the way, other than the error message that gets spit out, does anyone
>know the effects of this error? Looking at server.c, I'm guessing that the
>file CVS/Template does not get created when checking out or updating new
>directories. Or is the problem more subtle?

We've been seeing it for a while intermittently, with no ill
effects. The even most likely to trigger it here is immediately
checking out a newly-created branch straight after creating it, if
that helps.

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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