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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Revision lock problems
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Mark A. Flacy |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Revision lock problems |
Date: |
27 Dec 2003 16:58:05 -0600 |
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>>>>> "Gurupartap" == Gurupartap Davis <address@hidden> writes:
Gurupartap>
Gurupartap> I screwed up my mirrored archive somehow...
Gurupartap> I accidentally committed to the mirror archive (I had trivially
Gurupartap> modified some files on my mirror site and made a log and
Gurupartap> committed in the wrong window)
You're not supposed to be able to commit to a mirror. What version are you
using and how did you do so?
Gurupartap> Then when I tried to archive-mirror to get the changes I made
Gurupartap> to the main archive, it didn't work (sorry, don't remember the
Gurupartap> error) So I tried 'tla undo' and it seemed to revert the
Gurupartap> (accidental) changes I made to the mirrored archive. however,
Gurupartap> now when I try to archive-mirror, I always get 'unable to
Gurupartap> acquire revision lock (lock held or revision already
Gurupartap> committed)'
Gurupartap>
Gurupartap> I looked in the latest directory (patch 57) and it didn't have
Gurupartap> the ++revision-lock/+contents directories, so I tried creating
Gurupartap> them, then mirroring. I get the same error, and when I look
Gurupartap> back in the patch directory, the ++revision-lock and +changes
Gurupartap> directories have been deleted...
Gurupartap>
Gurupartap> I thought there might be some residual side effects from the
Gurupartap> tla undo, so I just deleted the patch-57 directory entirely and
Gurupartap> tried again with the same result. Hmm...I'm stuck now. I
Gurupartap> suppose I could recreate the mirror, but it will take an hour
Gurupartap> or two to recreate the archive with the bandwidth I've been
Gurupartap> getting. Maybe somebody's got an idea how I can fix it?
Put a revision-lock directory in patch 56 and update the mirror.
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Mark A. Flacy
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