[cvsnt] Re: Missing author bug in 2.0.58 when cvs invoked by postcommit script

[Tony Hoyle]

John Kinson wrote:
> I use a postcommit script that invokes cvs to perform an additional 
> check-in (of a top-level Changelog file).
> 
> Previously, this script worked fine, and the author of the automatic 
> check-in was recorded as SYSTEM.
> 
> After upgrading to 2.0.57a/58 though, the automatic check-in reports no 
> error, but within the ,v file the author is missing altogether.  This 
> should never be the case, and not surprisingly cvsnt crashes when, for 
> example, cvs log is subsequently invoked on the file.
> 
> Any chance this could be fixed please?  I assume it's still acceptable 
> for a postcommit trigger script to use cvs to perform an additional commit?
> 
It's not a good idea as the script will be called again and you can get 
into a loop.

I don't see how postcommit/postcommand can cause that - in fact the 
author field has absolutely no link with anything to do with postcommit. 
  It's also not optional... the very first thing written to a new 
revision is the author and will never be 'missing'.

I suspect this is unrelated to postcommit and something else is going 
on.  Try removing the postcommit and committing a few things.  Do you 
have any AV on the server?

Tony