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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:40:05 -0800
From: Gus Baldauf <gus AT picturel DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Updated: cvs-1.11.6-3 [Requires cygwin-1.5.3+]
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Hi,

when I update my cvs repository to be compatible with cygwin-1.5.x as described 
in the announcement below, I get the error:

gdbm fatal: read error
6 records loaded

What am I doing wrong?

-Gus

Charles Wilson wrote:

> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> There has been a CHANGE in the on-disk format
> of gdbm database files, due to the cygwin-1.3.22--cygwin-1.5.x
> 32bit--64bit transition.  This affects all programs which
> use gdbm -- including cvs.  You MUST update your on-disk
> databases immediately after updating to
> 
>   cvs-1.11.6-3
>   libgdbm4-1.8.3-7
> 
> To do this, use the 'convert-gdbm' script included in the
> gdbm-1.8.3-7 and newer packages:
> 
>   today=`date +%Y%m%d`
>   cd ${CVSROOT}/CVSROOT
>   cp modules.db modules.db.${today}
>   cp val-tags.db val-tags.db.${today}
>   convert-gdbm modules.db
>   convert-gdbm val-tags.db
> 
> (If you have been using the test versions of gdbm and cvs, and have 
> already updated your databases, there is no need to do so again)
> 
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> CVS is the 'Concurrent Versioning System', a widely-used package for 
> maintianing revision histories of source code.  This port is based on 
> the official cvs-1.11.6 release, and requires that libgdbm4-1.8.3-7 be 
> installed as well.
> 
> This release is built against the cygwin-1.5.x kernel; it will not work 
> with 1.3.22.
> 
> CHANGES:
> 
> * updated to the latest release
> * compiled against cygwin-1.5.2 kernel
> * documentation moved to /usr/share/*
> 




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