[cvsnt] Tagging failing on Directory where a rename was done

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Tue Apr 3 15:40:28 BST 2007


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Dan Pupek wrote:
>  
> When our build server tries to tag files that have been renamed we get an
> error:
> 
> T app/console/Migrator.Console_2005.csproj.vspscc
> T app/console/MigratorConsole.cs
> cvs server: Tagging app/core
> cvs [server aborted]: could not open lock file
> `/SES/ThirdParty/Migrator/app/core/,.directory_history,': File exists
> 

Looks like something has locked the temporary RCS file (the ,xxx, file) 
for the directory renames.

Have you checked for stuck processes, etc.?

Tony



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