Re: cvs2svn KeyError 1.1.1

On 04/14/2011 01:25 AM, Andersen, Krista wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I’m new to using cvs2svn and have hit an error that I hope you can help
> me work around.  We are using cvs2svn v2.3.0 and have also tried the
> trunk version at v2.4.0 r5342.  Both versions result in the same error:
> KeyError: '1.1.1' … or more precisely the command and output are pasted
> below.
> 
>  
> 
> Although there are KeyErrors in the archives - they appear to be on
> older cvs2svn releases.  I did not find any suggestions there that fix
> our error.
> 
>  
> 
> The output pasted below is from a conversion attempt of a stripped down
> version of my CVS repo – after using destroy_repository.py  and
> shrink_test_case.py.  I looked in the remaining file but I do not see a
> corruption that I can recognize.

Thanks for the excellent problem report.  It is so rare that people
include all the information that is needed to diagnose a problem.

The file included in your bug report has the following header:

head	1.1;
branch	1.1.1;
access;
symbols;
locks; strict;
comment	@# @;

This means that the default branch is set to the vendor branch, 1.1.1.
But there is no actual vendor branch in the file (e.g., no revision
1.1.1.1).  Indeed, if I try to check this file out of the repository I
get a warning:

$ cvs -d $EXAMPLE/cvsDESTROY co .
cvs checkout: Updating .
cvs checkout: Updating CVSROOT
cvs checkout: Updating dir010
cvs checkout: Updating dir010/dir109
cvs checkout: Updating dir010/dir109/dir1768
cvs checkout: Updating dir010/dir109/dir1768/dir109
cvs checkout: nothing known about `dir010/dir109/dir1768/dir109/file6217'

I'm not sure how this situation arose, but you can fix it by
hand-editing the file to remove the "branch 1.1.1;" line.  Perhaps there
is a CVS command that will do the same thing; maybe something involving
"cvs admin -b", but that command doesn't seem to work on a file that
cannot be checked out.

The error message that cvs2svn outputs in this situation should
definitely be improved.

Michael

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Michael Haggerty
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