Re: Protocol error: uncounted data discarded

[Russ Sherk]

On 9/20/05, Mark Ruedy <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi Russ,
> 
> Are you seeing this at the end of a large checkout?  That is what this

The time of failure is usually right at the start of the checkout.

> and all the other threads I read about this message.  Also, the threads
> are all since 2001 and earlier and it seems that it was supposed to be
> fixed.

I had noticed this too.  We are using cvs.exe from cvsnt (c/s)
V2.0.24/1.11.1p1....   Ack!  1.11.1p1...  Ack!  This may be the root
cause for us.  I'll try to test further.

Does anyone know how to ensure the 'server' (in this case a linux box)
uses the latest cvs installed?

> 
> Anyway I am seeing this in a very small module, about 100 files and it
> happens right in the beginning as opposed to near the end.  After it I
> run another checkout on a huge module and it always works fine.  It only
> happens from my perl script in the first try.

Luckily, our build is built on separate machines per-platfom.  The
linux machines do not have this problem, so we made sure the linux cvs
co went ~15 mins before the problem machine's checkout.  Seems to have
worked.

> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Sherk [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:49 PM
> To: Mark Ruedy
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Protocol error: uncounted data discarded
> 
> Had the same issue on windows.  It seems that the only workaround for
> the issue is to either checkout and checkout again if the first one
> failed.
> 
> Here is the reference I found with a more detailed description (from:
> fa.info-cvs group):
> http://groups.google.com/group/fa.info-cvs/browse_thread/thread/8ebfa2c3
> 23abf827/3067adab601b95f0?lnk=st&q=uncounted+data+discarded&rnum=3&hl=en
> #3067adab601b95f0
> 
> --Russ
> 
> On 15 Sep 2005 13:01:41 -0700, Mark <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I know there are messages in this group describing a known problem
> with
> > this same message.  However, I am beyond the CVS version that this was
> > fixed in and my situation is not the same.
> >
> > In the known probelm this error message is encountered at the end of a
> > very large checkout.
> >
> > In my situation this message is occuring at the very beginning of a
> > checkout of a very small module.
> >
> > I am running:
> >
> > CVS : 1.11.17 (client/server)
> > OS  : Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 1)
> >
> > CVS authentication by pserver
> >
> > I have a build script that has been working without problem for 3
> > months.  It
> >   1. Tags 3 modules
> >   2. Performs a checkout on the three modules by the new tag
> >
> > One of the modules is very large, and I put it at the end of the
> three.
> >
> > If either of the other two small modules is checked out first, the
> > about 50% of the time I get:
> >
> > Protocol error: uncounted data discarded
> >
> > When I see this, if I immediately run again it works.
> >
> > The script has not recently been modified in this area (the tagging
> and
> > checkout area), except to try to debug this problem.
> >
> > Any idea what could be the root cause of this?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mark
> >
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