Re: CVS Checkout Fails But Module Exists

Hey Arthur,

Thanks for the reply and interest in my problem. Here is the script 
output of the three commands you requested:

--------------------------------snip-snip-----------------------------
Script started on Thu Aug 29 08:35:08 2013
]2;bryan@Pentium90 - /home/bryan[1] bryan: !503
bash: !503: event not found
[1] bryan: cvs -ttt co -p FTPsites
   -> main: Session ID is 100521F6A4342F8EA9D
   -> Name_Root ((null), (null))
   -> parse_cvsroot (/usr/src/cvsroot)
   -> walklist ( list=0x7fa6310c4c60, proc=0x7fa630e36d10, closure=(nil) )
   -> main loop with CVSROOT=/usr/src/cvsroot
   -> parse_config (/usr/src/cvsroot)
   -> new_config ()
   -> parse_info() examining line: `UseNewInfoFmtStrings=yes'
   -> readBool (/usr/src/cvsroot/CVSROOT/config, UseNewInfoFmtStrings, yes)
   -> Read 0 for UseNewInfoFmtStrings
   -> my_module (FTPsites, Updating, NULL, NULL)
cvs checkout: cannot find module `FTPsites' - ignored
   -> walklist ( list=0x7fa6310c4c60, proc=0x7fa630e36d10, closure=(nil) )
   -> Lock_Cleanup()
   -> remove_locks()
   -> Simple_Lock_Cleanup()
[2] bryan: cvs rls
CVSROOT
bryan
etc
ralink
root
rtbis
rtsf
sap
x16854
[3] bryan: cvs rls FTPsites
cvs rls: cannot find module `FTPsites' - ignored
]2;bryan@Pentium90 - /home/bryan[4] bryan: exit
exit

Script done on Thu Aug 29 08:35:50 2013
------------------------------end-snip-snip---------------------------

To answer your other questions:

The file /usr/src/cvsroot/CVSROOT/modules consists entirely of comments.

The file 'FTPsites' is a plain ASCII text file. I chose it purely to 
serve as an example. So far, the problem has occurred with *every* file 
I've attempted to check out.

I looked at the thread in Google Groups gnu.cvs.help about file 
corruption while tagging. Let me save what seems liable to exposure, 
then try it. I'll follow through with an email on results.

I actually have switched CVS back to the 64 bit version, after having 
tried squeeze:i386, squeeze:amd64, wheezy:i386:, and back to 
wheezy:amd64. I've also tried the standard (wheezy:amd64) version using 
a backup of /usr/src/cvsroot made prior to upgrading to wheezy and 
converting to amd64.

Full disclosure: I ran into a *lot* of problems converting from i386 to 
amd64. The system is basically functional (I'm using it to write this 
email), but I think the cause of this problem is rooted in some subtle 
environmental inconsistency more than CVS itself.

Again, thanks a lot.

On 08/28/13 16:52, Arthur Barrett wrote:
> Bryan,
>
> Trace?  "cvs -ttt co -p FTPsites"
>
> What's in your CVSROOT/modules file?
>
> What is 'FTPsites' - a file/directory/link/module?
>
> What result does 'cvs rls' give? And 'cvs rls FTPsites' ?
>
> Also see the recent thread 'Re: cvs corrupts file while tagging' (a
> bug report about cvs 1.12 x32 builds on x64 linux servers0.  The bug
> has not been confirmed but maybe you should either test it or switch
> back to the x64 build.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Arthur
...
-- 
Bryan
-
Basically, if I've stopped walking, you can pretty much tell I'm
chewing gum.
G