Re: [Gnu-arch-users] unable to acquire revision lock

[Michael Poole]

Thomas Hafner writes:

> Hello,
>
> when I started ``tla import'' for the first time, I got:
>
> |PANIC: make_tmp_tar_archive: tar exitted with non-0 status
>
>>From now on, when I repeat ``tla import'', I get:
>
> |arch_import: unable to acquire revision lock (could not rename file.)
> |    tree: /d/hafnert
> |    revision: address@hidden/home--mainline--0.1--base-0
>
> No way out until now. What shall I do? Maybe there's still a lock file
> left from the panic mentioned above?

More than likely, yes, it left the lock in a held state.  You can use
the "tla lock-revision" command, with -u option to unlock; for
example:

  tla lock-revision -u home--mainline--0.1--base-0

Hope this helps.

Michael Poole