Re: Assert error checking out tagged files with -p option

[Abhinandan Jain]

You are right. Our problem looks like the same one that has been
reported as a bug. Thats reassuring. I will use the workaround until it
gets fixed in CVS.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Abhi

> I think that the problem is that the 'val-tags' admin file is being checked
> for an entry and new tags do not have an entry created in that file until a
> checkout or update (without the -p option) has been performed.  Here is one
> bug in the CVS queue related this problem:
> 
> "checkout (or update) with -p fails because val-tags doesn't have new tag
> yet"  
> https://ccvs.cvshome.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=186
> 
> And here is a related one (I think):
> 
> "`cvs co -rTAG -f' fails if TAG isn't in val-tags"
> https://ccvs.cvshome.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=31
> 
> In the meantime, the workaround is to checkout with that tag before using
> the -p option.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden [mailto:info-cvs-
> > address@hidden On Behalf Of Abhinandan Jain
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:37 PM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: Assert error checking out tagged files with -p option
> > 
> > I am using cvs 1.11.17 and am getting assert errors when using the "-pr"
> > tagged checkout option for a freshly tagged file. That is, if I
> > 
> >  1) tag a file A with tag B
> >  2) right away checkout the file using "-pr B", I get an assert error of
> > the form
> > 
> >     Assertion failed: repository != NULL, file ../../src/recurse.c, line
> > 641
> >     cvs [checkout aborted]: received abort signal
> > 
> >  3) If however I checkout the file without the -p option, i.e. using
> >     simply  "-r B", things work, and strangely enough, after this the
> >     "-pr B" option also starts working.
> > 
> > Unforutnately, if I now use a new tag "C", I get exactly the same
> > problem going from step 1-3 with this new tag. So it appears that this
> > version of CVS requires at least one checkout to the file system using a
> > new tag before the tag can be used with the "-p" option.
> > 
> > This beharior is causing quite a few problems in our environment.
> > 
> > I have included a short test case below which reproduces the problem:
> > 
> >     # create a new repository
> >     cvs -d /home/jain/tempRepo init
> > 
> >     # import a single file "tmpfile" into the repository
> >     mkdir tmpdir
> >     touch tmpdir/tmpfile
> >     cd tmpdir
> >     cvs -d /home/jain/tempRepo import -m "" tmpmod ddd ggg
> > 
> >     # checkout "tmpfile" and tag it with the "tmptag" tag
> >     cvs -d /home/jain/tempRepo co tmpmod
> >     cvs -d /home/jain/tempRepo tag tmptag tmpmod/tmpfile
> > 
> >     # try to checkout tmpfile with the -p -r tmptag options
> >     cvs -d /home/jain/tempRepo co -P -p -r tmptag tmpmod/tmpfile
> > 
> > This results in the error message:
> > 
> >   Assertion failed: repository != NULL, file ../../src/recurse.c, line 641
> >   cvs [checkout aborted]: received abort signal
> > 
> >     # try to checkout tmpfile with the "-r tmptag" option (no -p option)
> >     cvs -d /home/jain/tempRepo co -P -r tmptag tmpmod/tmpfile
> > 
> > WORKS! Checks out tmpfile to the file system.
> > 
> >     # try the -p -r tmptag option again
> >     cvs -d /home/jain/tempRepo co -P -p -r tmptag tmpmod/tmpfile
> > 
> > WORKS!! No more problems using -pr option with the tmptag tag.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > 
> > Abhi
> > 
> > 
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