[cvsnt] cannot create <...> for copying: No space left on device

[Steve Franks]

220MB free /tmp on the server, 500MB on the client.  The error message
is clearly not directly correlated with the actual issue.

Steve

On Feb 12, 2008 12:34 PM, Van Quakebeke, Joseph A
<Joe.VanQuakebeke at ingenix.com> wrote:
>
> Have you checked your /tmp space?
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf
> Of Steve Franks
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:43 AM
> To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org
> Subject: [cvsnt] cannot create <...> for copying: No space left on
> device
>
> I am forever getting the following error across an array of systems:
>
> "cvsnt [server aborted]: cannot create
> </...path.../CVS/Entries.Extra.Old> for copying: No space left on
> device"
>
> 1) Of course, there are no full partitions on server or client.
>
> 2) It appears to happen most often during a big (100's files) checkout
> or update
>
> 3) Clients are running a variety of recent versions, on both win32 and
> FreeBSD (i.e. 2.5.03.2704)
>
> 4) Server is FreeBSD running 2.5.03.2704  this was auto-updated
> recently, the same error was occuring on whatever the current cvsnt
> version was 15 months ago also.
>
> 5) The file that blows up is always in a CVS folder, but never the same
> folder from system-to-system or day-to-day, however, it would appear if
> I delete the offending file, and do an update, it usually goes thru that
> one fine, then tanks on another similar file a couple directories later.
>
> 6) I have reset permissions and owners on all affected files.
>
> 7) I have moved the repository to a different disk
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
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