[Gnu-arch-users] tla import can't acquire the lock

[Stefan Monnier]

I did `tla init-tree' then a bunch of `tla add' and some minor editing of
{arch}/=tagging-method and when I do `tla import' I get

   arch_import: unable to acquire revision lock (could not rename file.)
       tree: /u/monnier/share
       revision: address@hidden/config--share--0--base-0

doing some `vi $(tla make-log)` does not help.
The archive address@hidden is in ~/archives/private
and currently contains nothing (including no `config' subdirectory).
strace indeed says

   
rename("/u/monnier/archives/private/config/config--share/config--share--0/++revision-lock",
 
"/u/monnier/archives/private/config/config--share/config--share--0/address@hidden")
 = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

which is no surprise since /u/monnier/archives/private/config does not
exist yet.

This is with tla-1.2.  If this is not a bug, then the error message is
definitely unhelpful to a beginner like me.


        Stefan