[cvsnt] invalid change text over and over again

[Tony Hoyle]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:30:44 +0200, "Lionello Lunesu"
<lionello.lunesu at crystalinter.remove.com> wrote:

>Hi Tony,
>
>> That's 'cvs -v' :-)  'cvs version' gives both the client and server
>> versions (just in case).  Anyway you're sure both are running build 62
>> then we can discount any problems there.
>
>Silly me :-) I didn't know that command... Just for the record though:
>Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 1.11.1.3  (Build 62)
>(client/server)
>Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 1.11.1.3  (Build 62)
>(client/server)
>
>But, like I've mentioned, we switched to the new clients when we started
>having problems. So maybe the old client (from WinCVS 1.3.8.1 beta 8 build
>1) f*cked something up?:
>
>Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 1.11.1.3  (Build 57a)
>(client/server)
>Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 1.11.1.3  (Build 62)
>(client/server)
>
>> Clutching at straws...  Windows version/Language, processor, etc.?
>Server: Win2KServer US, dual processor (I think 2x Xeon833 = P2's?)
>Clients: WinXPPro US, Pentium4; Win2KPro US, Pentium2
>Everybody's using NTFS.
>
>I'm currently testing with a similar file and executing the
>version-increment-batch-file many times, but the "h,v" is not getting
>corrupted.. Which is good, I guess :-/
>I'm testing with both the new (62) and old (57a) client, but I can't
>reproduce it...
>
>I guess I'll wait and see if it happens again...
>
>L.
>
>PS. Is it safe to 'just' delete any old revisions in a ,v file?
>
>
If it's intact it's best to use 'admin -o' to do the deletion.  It
it's broken already it can't do any harm, although I'd be tempted to
re-add the file.

Tony