Re: CVS Checkout Fails But Module Exists

It worked!(?)

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Script started on Fri Aug 30 14:00:43 2013
bryan@Pentium90 - /home/bryan[1] bryan: blah=`cat CVS/Root`
bryan@Pentium90 - /home/bryan[2] bryan: blot=`cat CVS/Repository`
bryan@Pentium90 - /home/bryan[3] bryan: echo $blah
/usr/src/cvsroot
bryan@Pentium90 - /home/bryan[4] bryan: echo $blot
bryan
bryan@Pentium90 - /home/bryan[5] bryan: cd /tmp
bryan@Pentium90 - /tmp[6] bryan: cvs -d $blah co ${blot}/FTPsites
U bryan/FTPsites
bryan@Pentium90 - /tmp[7] bryan: exit
exit

Script done on Fri Aug 30 14:02:12 2013
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The only confusing part is that the checked out FTPsites is not in 
/tmp. Instead it is in ~bryan/tmp, which is a symlink to /tmp/bryan.

But, hopefully, this tells us (and by "us", I mean "you") something.

Thanks,

On 08/29/13 19:22, Arthur Barrett wrote:
> Bryan,
>
> So let's try this.
>
> 1. Go to the directory where 'cvs update' works OK.
>
> 2. look at the three 'hidden' files in the CVS directory:
>       blah=`cat CVS/Root`
>       bling=`cat CVS/Tag`
>       blot=`cat CVS/Repository`
>
> 3. go to /tmp and use these pieces of information to test that 'checkout
> works ok':
>
> If all three files exist:
>
>      cd /tmp
>      cvs -d $blah co -r ${bling:1} ${blot}/FTPsites
>
>
> If only CVS/Root and CVS/Repository exist:
>
>      cd /tmp
>      cvs -d $blah co ${blot}/FTPsites
>
>
> Does that work?
>
> Either way - send the info ($blah $bling and $blot) and we'll see if
> that explains things some more...
>
> -Arthur
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bryan Batten [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: 30 August 2013 02:09
>> To: Arthur Barrett
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: 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
>>
>

-- 
Bryan
-
Basically, if I've stopped walking, you can pretty much tell I'm 
chewing gum.