Re: cannot commit ... sticky tags

[sharpd]

Run:
cvs update -A

This will remove the sticky tags holding you to a particular release.

donald
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:12:44PM -0800, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote:
> I'm using cvs 1.11 on hpux.
> 
> I tagged the Aug 21 release with the tag Release_Aug21_2001.  Just a plain
> tag.  
> 
> While I was out for several weeks, the vendors who happen to be on the other
> side of the world put a sticky tag on every file, including those I am
> editing.  The tag for that is identical to the one I put on in August except
> it is sticky.  But there do not appear to be any branches anywhere
> associated with it (guess on my part).  There have been file modifications
> since that particular release date on my side so I'm not sure if they have
> the code from Aug 21 or the most recent.  I'm confused as to what the
> 'state' of everything is.
> 
> Today, as I go to check in several files, I did a cvs update.  No problem.
> Then I tried to commit my changes and I got an error.  I'd fix the "above
> errors first", but I don't know how to except my simply removing the sticky
> tags.  Don't think that's the correct approach.
> 
> Here's the error, the cvs status and cvs log for one of the files in
> question.
> 
> cvs commit -m "lot history modifications" filename.java
> cvs commit: sticky tag `Release_Aug21_2001' for file `filename.java' is not
> a branch
> cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!
> 
> cvs status:
>       File: UserInterfaceMain.java    Status: Locally Modified
> 
>          Working revision:    1.12    Tue Dec 11 02:17:19 2001
>          Repository revision: 1.12    filename,v
>          Sticky Tag:          Release_Aug21_2001 (revision: 1.12)
>          Sticky Date:         (none)
>          Sticky Options:      (none)
>       
> 
> Here's the log:
>       Working file: filename.java
>       head: 1.12
>       branch:
>       locks: strict
>       access list:
>       symbolic names:
>                 Release_Aug21_2001: 1.12
>                 Release_Aug14_2001: 1.10
>                 SYSTEMA_FIRST_20010525: 1.1.1.1
>                 SYSTEMA: 1.1.1
>       keyword substitution: kv
>       total revisions: 13;    selected revisions: 13
>       description:
> 
> Can anyone tell me exactly what is going on?  Is there something I'm
> missing?  What do I need to do to be able to commit files to the main trunk?
> Obviously none of the other engineers here has tried to check in a file or
> they'd all be in my cube.  It's not going to be a pretty site if I don't get
> this fixed before one of them notices.  
> 
> Jeanie
> 
> 
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