CvsFAQ

• Question:* I get the following error during a cvs checkout with a tag name:

   lock.c:222: failed assertion `strncmp (repository, current_parsed_root->directory, strlen (current_parsed_root->directory)) == 0'
   cvs [server aborted]: received abort signal
   cvs [server aborted]: received abort signal
   lock.c:222: failed assertion `strncmp (repository, current_parsed_root->directory, strlen (current_parsed_root->directory)) == 0'

• Answer:* the workaround for such problems is to create the tag in CVS once again e.g. :

   cvs -d:pserver:<id>@<host>:/cvs co test/playground
   cd test/playground
   cvs tag -b <tagname> fstest.cxx

does the trick. The underlying problem is due to a corrupted tag file.