CVS Locking Problem

[Carl Hume]

Hello all,

I'm trying to tag my project using the following command:

cvs -d /var/cvsroot tag -R -b tagname

and I receive the following error:

cvs tag: [13:21:11] waiting for carl's lock in
/var/cvsroot/koa/www/gameimages/artifact

cvs rechecks every 30 seconds, and the lock still exists.  Unfortunately,
when I check the directory:

ls -al /var/cvsroot/koa/www/gameimages/artifact
total 48
drwxrwsrwx    3 cvs      cvsgroup     4096 Dec 12 13:45 .
drwxrwsrwx   21 cvs      cvsgroup     4096 Dec 12 13:45 ..
drwxrwsr-x    2 matt     cvsgroup     4096 Sep  7  2006 Attic
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     2479 Sep  7  2006 bronze_grail.gif,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     2184 Sep  7  2006 bronze_shield.gif,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     1488 Sep  7  2006 bronze_sword.gif,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     2476 Sep  7  2006 gold_grail.gif,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     2170 Sep  7  2006 gold_shield.gif,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     1491 Sep  7  2006 gold_sword.gif,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     1671 Sep  7  2006 silver_grail.gif,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     2149 Sep  7  2006 silver_shield.gif,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 carl     cvsgroup     1074 Sep  7  2006 silver_sword.gif,v

I find nothing that looks like a lock.

Taking a look at the cvs config shows that the lock files are supposed to be
in the repository (the LockDir variable is commented out):

# Put CVS lock files in this directory rather than directly in the
repository.
#LockDir=/var/lock/cvs

find from the root of the system does not locate any cvs lock files.

I'm running:

# cvs ver
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.2 (client/server)

Any idea how I can unlock the repository?


Cheers!
Carl



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