cvs[checkout aborted]: invalid change text problem

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Dear info-cvs,
we have a problem with cvs 1.10.3
(repository on afs, all Linux client
for cvs ci, cvs up etc).

The problem described below manifests
itself in the same way also on HP-UX clients.

The problem appears when we try to checkout
a file within some time interval (plain cvs co works...).
Going back in time, there are intervals where the 
checkout is impossible and the error message
is "invalid change text" (see details in the following).
In the example provided, the files
has two revisions 1.1 and 1.2. Everything is
OK before the date corresponding to 
1.1 and after the one corresponding to
revision 1.2

We would like to know:
0) Is the corruption localised to few
   files or the full repository is in danger?
   check_cvs.pl is OK.
1) explanation of the problem
2) origin
3) fixes (there is a pair of files giving
   this problem)

Is there out there somebody who could help?

Thanx, Massimo


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************ Doing cvs co with the date specification -D we get:

cvs [checkout aborted]: invalid change text in
/afs/cern.ch/compass/repository/coral/src/evdb/noperiod.2000.BOOT,v

************ The cvs log output for coral/src/evdb/noperiod.2000.BOOT is 
coral/src/evdb/noperiod.2000.BOOT

RCS file:
/afs/cern.ch/compass/repository/coral/src/evdb/noperiod.2000.BOOT,v
Working file: coral/src/evdb/noperiod.2000.BOOT
head: 1.2
branch:
locks: strict
access list:
symbolic names:
        beam_SiFi_Tracking: 1.2
        beam_SiFi_Decoding: 1.2
        before-new-decoding: 1.2
        Traffic-1-41: 1.2
        Release-0-3-1: 1.1
        BeforeAutoConfigure: 1.1
        Traffic-1-37: 1.1
        Prerelease-0-3-0: 1.1
        Easter2000: 1.1
        Valery_decoding_001: 1.1
        Prerelease_0_2_09: 1.1
        Before_rel_0_2_09: 1.1
        release-1-1: 1.1
keyword substitution: kv
total revisions: 2;     selected revisions: 2
description:
----------------------------
revision 1.2
date: 2000/08/18 14:41:13;  author: laman;  state: Exp;  lines: +7 -7
Aug2000
New run object
Tested against the first consistent DATE files from Compass
----------------------------
revision 1.1
date: 2000/03/29 16:23:29;  author: laman;  state: Exp;
*** empty log message ***
=============================================================================

************** And this is the ,v file from the repository

cat  /afs/cern.ch/compass/repository/coral/src/evdb/noperiod.20
00.BOOT,v
head    1.2;
access;
symbols
        beam_SiFi_Tracking:1.2
        beam_SiFi_Decoding:1.2
        before-new-decoding:1.2
        Traffic-1-41:1.2
        Release-0-3-1:1.1
        BeforeAutoConfigure:1.1
        Traffic-1-37:1.1
        Prerelease-0-3-0:1.1
        Easter2000:1.1
        Valery_decoding_001:1.1
        Prerelease_0_2_09:1.1
        Before_rel_0_2_09:1.1
        release-1-1:1.1;
locks; strict;
comment @# @;


1.2
date    2000.08.18.14.41.13;    author laman;   state Exp;
branches;
next    1.1;

1.1
date    2000.03.29.16.23.29;    author laman;   state Exp;
branches;
next    ;


desc
@@


1.2
log
@Aug2000
New run object
Tested against the first consistent DATE files from Compass
@
text
@@


1.1
log
@*** empty log message ***
@
text
@d1 1
a1 1
ooFDNumber=5605
d3 6
a8 6
ooPageSize=4096
ooLockServerName=lockcomp
ooFDDBHost=lockcomp
ooFDDBFileName=/usr/objy/noperiod.2000/noperiod.2000.FDB
ooJNLHost=lockcomp
ooJNLPath=/usr/objy/noperiod.2000/journal
@


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 Massimo Lamanna
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