Symbol conversion error

Hi

My stack is:

SLES10
Python 2.4
cvs2svn 2.3.0 / 2.4.0-dev

I am having trouble using cvs2svn. I have multiple CVS repositories that I wish to amalgamate into one, I am led to believe that this is achievable using an options file with the pertinent configuration reproduced below (the rest is standard):

run_options.add_project(
  '/data/altroot/Project1',
  trunk_path='NewRepo/trunk',
  branches_path='NewRepo/branches',
  tags_path='NewRepo/tags'
)
run_options.add_project(
  '/data/altroot/Project2',
  trunk_path='NewRepo/trunk',
  branches_path='NewRepo/branches',
  tags_path='NewRepo/tags'
)
run_options.add_project(
  '/data/altroot/Project3',
  trunk_path='NewRepo/trunk',
  branches_path='NewRepo/branches',
  tags_path='NewRepo/tags'
)

My problem is that when I run csv2svn I receive the following error (there are numerous of these, I have reproduced just one):

ERROR: Problems determining how symbols should be converted:
It is not clear how the following symbols should be converted.
Use --symbol-hints, --force-tag, --force-branch, --exclude, and/or
--symbol-default to resolve the ambiguity.
'TAG_21_4_0' is a tag in 305 files, a branch in 0 files, a trivial import in 0 files, a pure import in 0 files, and has commits in 0 files

Okay so the error and documentation say run with the --write-symbol-info switch, which I do and get the symbol information written to a file. What is confusing me is that the symbol information appears correct, for example here is the entry that relates to the above error:

0     TAG_21_4_0                 tag        tags/TAG_21_4_0 FIRST_BRANCH
      # 'TAG_21_4_0' is a tag in 305 files, a branch in 0 files, a trivial import in 0 files, a pure import in 0 files, and has commits in 0 files
      # Possible parents:
      #     FIRST_BRANCH : 305
      #     SECOND_BRANCH : 266
      #     THIRD_BRANCH : 266
      #     FOURTH_BRANCH : 262
      #     FIFTH_BRANCH : 260
      #     SIXTH_BRANCH : 260
      #     .trunk. : 234
      #     SEVENTH_BRANCH : 234

It appears to me that cvs2svn has guessed correctly - FIRST_BRANCH is indeed the parent and there does not appear to be any ambiguity with the symbol, cvs2svn has correctly determined that this is a tag only  - so why does it fail? Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

James


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