[Python-Dev] Buildbots have trouble checking out the repository due to recent changes.

[Alexandre Vassalotti]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 3:49 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > Well, I guess I really messed up on that one. So, do you have any idea
>  > on how to revert the changes?
>
>  If the changes where in a single revision N, do
>
>  svn merge -rN:N-1 .
>  svn commit -m "revert rN"
>
>  If they span over several subsequent revisions, use N-k
>  instead. If they span over several revisions with intermediate
>  revisions that you don't want to revert, try multiple merge
>  commands before a single commit; if that fails, revert and commit
>  each range of changes separately.
>


Yes. That is exactly what I did to revert the changes.

>
>  P.S. If you want to get the buildbots back in shape (in case they
>  aren't), build a non-existing branch through the UI
>  (which will cause a recursive removal of the entire checkout), then
>  either wait for the next regular commit, or force a build of the
>  respective branch (branches/py3k or trunk). On Windows, if there
>  is still a python.exe process holding onto its binary, that fails,
>  and we need support from the slave admin.
>

Thanks for the tip. Now, I just hope that I will never have to use it. ;-)

-- Alexandre