* cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
@ 2011-10-07 22:06 Doug Evans
2011-10-07 22:40 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
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From: Doug Evans @ 2011-10-07 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: overseers
Hi. fyi,
gdb$ cvs ci ChangeLog
Waiting for Emacs...
Checking in ChangeLog;
/cvs/src/src/gdb/ChangeLog,v <-- ChangeLog
new revision: 1.13385; previous revision: 1.13384
done
cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
gdb$
According to this article, the history file should be pruned periodically.
http://www.thornleyware.com/scm/cvsconfig/repository_config.html
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* Re: cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
2011-10-07 22:06 cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large Doug Evans
@ 2011-10-07 22:40 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-10-07 23:03 ` Doug Evans
2011-10-07 23:14 ` Ian Lance Taylor
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Frank Ch. Eigler @ 2011-10-07 22:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Doug Evans; +Cc: overseers
Hi, Doug -
> cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
OK, it's been renamed.
> According to this article, the history file should be pruned periodically.
> http://www.thornleyware.com/scm/cvsconfig/repository_config.html
Perhaps we should treat it the same was as system logs, and just rotate
them monthly or somesuch.
- FChE
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* Re: cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
2011-10-07 22:40 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
@ 2011-10-07 23:03 ` Doug Evans
2011-10-07 23:11 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-10-07 23:14 ` Ian Lance Taylor
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Doug Evans @ 2011-10-07 23:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Frank Ch. Eigler; +Cc: overseers
Heh.
history needs to be world writable.
cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file
/cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi, Doug -
>
>> cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
>
> OK, it's been renamed.
>
>> According to this article, the history file should be pruned periodically.
>> http://www.thornleyware.com/scm/cvsconfig/repository_config.html
>
> Perhaps we should treat it the same was as system logs, and just rotate
> them monthly or somesuch.
>
> - FChE
>
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* Re: cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
2011-10-07 23:03 ` Doug Evans
@ 2011-10-07 23:11 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2011-10-07 23:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Frank Ch. Eigler, overseers, Doug Evans
On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 04:02:51PM -0700, Doug Evans wrote:
>Heh.
>history needs to be world writable.
>
>cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file
>/cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied
Should be fixed.
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* Re: cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
2011-10-07 22:40 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-10-07 23:03 ` Doug Evans
@ 2011-10-07 23:14 ` Ian Lance Taylor
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ian Lance Taylor @ 2011-10-07 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Frank Ch. Eigler; +Cc: Doug Evans, overseers
"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com> writes:
> Hi, Doug -
>
>> cvs commit: warning: cannot write to history file /cvs/src/CVSROOT/history: File too large
>
> OK, it's been renamed.
>
>> According to this article, the history file should be pruned periodically.
>> http://www.thornleyware.com/scm/cvsconfig/repository_config.html
>
> Perhaps we should treat it the same was as system logs, and just rotate
> them monthly or somesuch.
We should just remove the file entirely. Seems like I do that from time
to time. Not sure why it comes back.
Ian
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