gnu/59971: assertion "strncmp (repository, current_parsed_root->directory, strlen (current_parsed_root->directory)) == 0" failed: file "/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/cvs/../../../../contrib/cvs/src/lock.c", line 180

[Alex Lyashkov]

>Number:         59971
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       assertion "strncmp (repository, current_parsed_root->directory, strlen (current_parsed_root->directory)) == 0" failed: file "/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/cvs/../../../../contrib/cvs/src/lock.c", line 180
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 05 00:30:19 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alex Lyashkov
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386
>Organization:
PSoft
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD tower.psoft.od.ua 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #10: Thu Nov 6 22:03:26 EET 2003 root at tower.psoft.od.ua:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/tower i386
Last update - Nov 6
>Description:
assertion failure with symlinked repository and LockDir.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install cvs repository in symlinked dir and try checkout with tag

>Fix:
I found discusion and fix this probem at
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2003-09/msg00168.html

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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