RE: Bug? Case sensitivity issue when adding a file that has been removed.

[Joshua Davis]

Just tried this using the Linux CVS client, and it works.
A WinCvs problem maybe?

http://pgmjsd.weblogs.com/stories/storyReader$43

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of
> Joshua Davis
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 11:00 AM
> To: address@hidden Org
> Subject: Bug? Case sensitivity issue when adding a file that has been
> removed.
>
>
> I ran across an interesting problem yesterday, I was wondering if
> this is a
> known bug, or just a 'wierdness'.  The problem occurs when adding
> a file in
> a module that has a removed file (in the 'attic') where the two file names
> differ only in case.  For example:  adding 'Afile.test'  after removing
> 'afile.test'.
>
> $ cvs remove afile.txt
> cvs server: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file permanently
> $ cvs commit -m test afile.txt
> Removing afile.txt;
> /cvshome/test/afile.txt,v <-- afile.txt
> new revision: delete; previous revision: 1.1.1.1
> done
> $ cvs add Afile.txt
> cvs server: re-adding file Afile.txt
> cvs server: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently
> $ cvs commit -m test Afile.txt
> RCS file: /cvshome/test/Afile.txt,v
> done
> cvs [server aborted]: received abort signal
> cvs: commit.c:2056: checkaddfile: Assertion `*rcsnode == ((void *)0)'
> failed.
>
> The workaround that was the most effective was to rename the file in the
> attic on the server.
>
> Josh Davis
> http://pgmjsd.weblogs.com
>
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