Re: Unable to increment revision number

[Jim Hyslop]

Christopher Cheng wrote:
> Thanks for the guide, I will definitely try that. By the way, I tried to
> edit the file myself. I am able to run 'cvs log -h'
>
> RCS file: /cvsroot/espresso/web/WEB-INF/conf/struts-references.xml,v
> Working file: struts-references.xml
> head: 1.23
> branch:
> locks: strict
> access list:
> symbolic names:
>         r1-1-1: 1.19.0.2
>         r1-1: 1.19.0.4
> keyword substitution: kv
> total revisions: 24
> ============================================================================
>
>
> However, 'cvs update -A' still doesn't get me 1.23. That's very strange. Any
> idea?

There may be more corruption remaining in the file - hopefully you have 
not introduced any further problems. I hope you backed up the file 
before changing it.

Stop what you are doing now, download the validate_repo script and run 
it. Since you're running CVSNT, I'm guessing you're using Windows, in 
which case you will also have to download and install Cygwin, or some 
other UNIX-like shell, to run the script.

*Please* take the time to do this now, before your repository becomes 
more corrupted.

Earlier, Larry mentioned:
> If you have a recent backup that isn't also
> corrupted, you should probably restore it.

Do you have recent backup of the repository? If so, you will likely be 
further ahead to restore the corrupt file(s) from your backup, rather 
than trying to muddle your way through the RCS file, which risks further 
corruption.

--
Jim