[Python-Dev] CVS fails to commit

[Sjoerd Mullender]

Jack mentioned something on python-dev to this effect.  He had
problems with MacCVS that whenever he used it to update a file in the
Doc/lib directory the CVS *server* would crash.  You'll find it in the
archives:
<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-August/027476.html>.

On Wed, Aug 7 2002 "Tim Peters" wrote:

> Sjoerd, is Jack having some systematic problem with CVS?  A stale lock of
> his prevented checkins under Doc/ Saturday through Sunday afternoon too,
> which also required SourceForge intervention to clear out.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: python-dev-admin@python.org [mailto:python-dev-admin@python.org]On
> > Behalf Of Sjoerd Mullender
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 7:35 AM
> > To: Steve Holden
> > Cc: Python-Dev
> > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] CVS fails to commit
> >
> >
> > It looks like Jack's problems caused a lock file to be stuck there.  I
> > expect this affects a small part of the repository, and also that it
> > needs manual intervention to correct the problem.  So please submit a
> > service request to SourceForge to remove the lock file(s) in
> > /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib (and all subdirectories).
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 7 2002 "Steve Holden" wrote:
> >
> > > I find that this morning I am still prevented from committing changes to
> > >
> > >     ~/pythoncvs/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
> > >
> > > Is this a problem that's only affecting a small portion of the
> > repository,
> > > or is it more general? To repeat yesterday's notification, the
> > error message
> > > I'm seeing is:
> > >
> > >     cvs server: [04:14:04] waiting for jackjansen's lock in
> > > /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
> > >
> > > locked-out-ly y'rs  - steve
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Steve Holden                                 http://www.holdenweb.com/
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> > >
> > >
> > >
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-- Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd@acm.org>