[cvsnt] Re: Strange locking issue when updating file

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Fri Sep 3 21:50:16 BST 2004


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Daniel Lapolla wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using cvsnt server 2.0.51d in a freebsd box.
> The client is WinCVS with 2.0.41a in a WinXP box.
> 
> Me and other developers are experiencing a locking problem in a specific
> file.
> 
> When running 'cvs -q update -P myfile.txt' everything works fine and the
> file gets updated.
> 
> But, when running 'cvs -q update -p -r 1.15 myfile.txt' the client hangs and
> I need to manually kill the corresponding server process.

It doesn't sound like locking... try removing the -q as that's not 
helping you diagnose the problem.

Possibly a corrupt file?  You can also try with cvs -ttt (you'll need to 
enable tracing on the server first).

Tony




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