[cvsnt] CVSNT 2.0.51a import bug

Fri Aug 6 20:18:47 BST 2004

is there ANY chance we can get this list changed so that reply actually 
sends to the list instead of the original poster?  this is the ONLY list I 
subscribe to that I have to remember to do "reply to all" instead of simply 
"reply"

At Friday 2004-08-06 12:08, Victor A. Wagner Jr. wrote:
>I've been trying to update after an import also.  Thought it was me not 
>reading the per Cederqvist correctly.
>
>I'm not sure how to recover from this point tho, the import apparently 
>succeeded, I just can't get my changes into the new stuff from the vendor.
>
>At Friday 2004-08-06 06:04, you wrote:
>>   Hi all.
>>
>>   I've managed to crash the CVSNT 2.0.51a server running on a
>>Windows XP machine by trying to do an import with the global -n
>>option turned on.
>>
>>   I have the crash dump files for those crashes so if anyone needs
>>them - just holler.
>>
>>   Also, since I've installed CVSNT 2.0.51a I have been unable to
>>do an update using the import command, but I've now seen
>>someone else's recent post about that same problem and that a
>>patch for this will come out soon. Till then, it's back to 2.0.38 for
>>me.
>>
>>   More detailed notes on all of this in a copy-pasted text at the
>>end of this post.
>>
>>   HTH,
>>     Jurko
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------
>>1. CVSNT crash:
>>-------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>cvs
>>  -n
>>  -d :sspi:localhost:/Jurko
>>  import
>>  -m "Importing release 2.1 of the JurLib library"
>>  SuperJamJurLib
>>  Jurko
>>  JurLib_release_2-1
>>
>>---------------------
>>Exact command output:
>>---------------------
>>
>>I SuperJamJurLib/CVS
>>I SuperJamJurLib/DevelopmentUtility/CVS
>>I SuperJamJurLib/Locker/CVS
>>I SuperJamJurLib/Log/CVS
>>I SuperJamJurLib/Observer/CVS
>>I SuperJamJurLib/WindowsWrappers/CVS
>>cvs server: cannot open
>>D:/Resources/CVSNT/Repositories/Jurko/SuperJamJurLib/.owner for writing: No
>>such file or directory
>>cvs server: Importing
>>D:/Resources/CVSNT/Repositories/Jurko/SuperJamJurLib/DevelopmentUtility
>>cvs server: cannot open
>>D:/Resources/CVSNT/Repositories/Jurko/SuperJamJurLib/DevelopmentUtility/.own
>>er for writing: No such file or directory
>>cvs server: cannot open
>>D:/Resources/CVSNT/Repositories/Jurko/SuperJamJurLib/DevelopmentUtility/.per
>>ms for writing: No such file or directory
>>
>>(Got a message box saying: 'Unfortunately CVSNT has crashed. Would you like
>>to produce a crash dump?'
>>Asked to mail the crashdump to 'cvsnt-crashdumps at cvsnt.org'.)
>>
>>-----------------------------
>>Actions leading to the crash:
>>-----------------------------
>>
>>   SuperJamJurLib is a module defined in the CVSROOT/modules file on the
>>server.
>>
>>   Already imported before with version 2.0 and now I was trying to import a
>>new
>>version but tried it the following way:
>>     * Checked out the previously imported sources.
>>     * Modified the sources to match the new version (no file's added or
>>       removed).
>>     * Tried to import from that same folder.
>>
>>
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------
>>2. CVSNT crash:
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>cvs
>>  -n
>>  -d :sspi:localhost:/Jurko
>>  import
>>  -m "Importing release 2.1 of the JurLib library"
>>  SuperJamJurLib
>>  Jurko JurLib_release_2-1
>>
>>---------------------
>>Exact command output:
>>---------------------
>>
>>cvs server: cannot open
>>D:/Resources/CVSNT/Repositories/Jurko/SuperJamJurLib/.owner for writing: No
>>such file or directory
>>cvs server: Importing
>>D:/Resources/CVSNT/Repositories/Jurko/SuperJamJurLib/DevelopmentUtility
>>cvs server: cannot open
>>D:/Resources/CVSNT/Repositories/Jurko/SuperJamJurLib/DevelopmentUtility/.own
>>er for writing: No such file or directory
>>cvs server: cannot open
>>D:/Resources/CVSNT/Repositories/Jurko/SuperJamJurLib/DevelopmentUtility/.per
>>ms for writing: No such file or directory
>>
>>(With the same message box as before.)
>>
>>-----------------------------
>>Actions leading to the crash:
>>-----------------------------
>>
>>   Similar to the first crash but this time did it from a folder that was
>>just a
>>clean export of the new release - thus the CVS folders do not seem to be the
>>cause for this crash.
>>
>>
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>---
>>Additional notes:
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>---
>>
>>   Used CVSNT version 2.0.51a.
>>
>>   The crash did not occur when I did not specify the -n global option.
>>
>>   Also the SuperJamJurLib string was interpreted as a regular folder, and
>>was
>>not expanded as defined in the CVSROOT/modules configuration file.
>>
>>   When I specified the full path instead of SuperJamJurLib:
>>     cvs -d ":sspi:localhost:/Jurko" import -m "Testing"
>>"Projects/_Programming_/SuperJam/Source/JurLib" Jurko TestingTag
>>and did it from a cleanly exported folder I just get message
>>     '*** ERRORS DURING THIS IMPORT ***'
>>and nothing gets imported - no changes are made to the repository.
>>
>>   The sources in the CVS repository have not been modified since the
>>original
>>import.
>>
>>   No matter what I tried I did not manage to update the repository using the
>>import command. Also failed with a completely new test file that I imported
>>- the original import works as expected but the update seems to be ignored.
>>Rebooting after the crash also did not help.
>>
>>   Everything works ok with CVSNT 2.0.38.
>>
>>--------------------------------------
>>
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>
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