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

[Jan Hudec]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 20:32:09 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Here is a sample session:
> 
> ~/etc-1% tla make-archive address@hidden ~/tmp/arch-foo
> ~/etc-0% rm -rf \{arch\} 
> ~/etc-0% tla init-tree address@hidden/foo--bar--0
> ~/etc-0% tla import -L '' 
> arch_import: unable to acquire revision lock (could not rename file.)
>     tree: /Users/monnier/etc
>     revision: address@hidden/foo--bar--0--base-0
> ~/etc-2% 
> 
> when I try it over sftp I get a slightly different error message where
> (could not rename file.) is replaced by
> (internal error in archive-pfs.c(pfs_lock_revision))

This looks like you didn't create the revision in the archive -- use
archive-setup command or -S flag to import.

Yes, the error message is not helpful at all.

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