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Re: cvs problems
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at sourceware dot org>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>, "'gdb at sourceware dot org'" <gdb at sourceware dot org>, Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:42:53 -0400
- Subject: Re: cvs problems
- References: <4F904D24.4000202@redhat.com> <20120419174851.GN25623@adacore.com>
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:48:51AM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>> I seem to have managed to do something nasty to the src repo. I'm
>> getting:
>> cvs [update aborted]: head attribute does not match file for `/cvs/src/src/gdb/ChangeLog,v
>
>I don't think it's your fault. It's easily fixable, I think,
>by removing the CVS/fileattr file in the repo. I even think I have
>enough privs to do this as gdbadmin, but if I do, I think someone
>at overseers is going to scratch their head trying to figure out
>what's wrong...
I have a cron job set up to fix this automatically. Removing the
CVS/fileattr file is not the right solution for this problem. The cron
job does the right thing. So, normally, when this happens, you just
have to wait for the problem to be automatically rectified.
cgf