Bug 769298
| Summary: | cvs assertion failure | ||||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | Petr Sklenar <psklenar> | ||||||
| Component: | cvs | Assignee: | Petr Pisar <ppisar> | ||||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | qe-baseos-daemons | ||||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||
| Priority: | high | ||||||||
| Version: | 5.7 | CC: | azelinka, jscotka, lmiksik, rvokal, tao | ||||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | Patch, Regression | ||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||
| Whiteboard: | |||||||||
| Fixed In Version: | cvs-1.11.22-11.el5 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||||
| Doc Text: |
Cause
Using `cvs rtag' command on repository with `.'
component in repository path.
Consequence
CVS server hits assertion test and terminates.
Fix
The assertion check for `.' in path has been removed as
cvs can process such patch safely now.
Result
`cvs rtag' proceeds on repositories with dot in CVSROOT
path as expected.
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Story Points: | --- | ||||||
| Clone Of: | 441694 | Environment: | |||||||
| Last Closed: | 2012-02-21 06:20:13 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||
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| Bug Depends On: | |||||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 772956 | ||||||||
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RHEL-6 (cvs-1.11.23) not affected. Created attachment 548878 [details]
Fix
This is patch used in RHEL-4. It applies to RHEL-5 cvs cleanly and fixes this issue. It's in line with upstream development tree.
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New Contents:
Cause
Using `cvs rtag' command on repository with `.'
component in repository path.
Consequence
CVS server hits assertion test and terminates.
Fix
The assertion check for `.' in path has been removed as
cvs can process such patch safely now.
Result
`cvs rtag' proceeds on repositories with dot in CVSROOT
path as expected.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0253.html |
Created attachment 548865 [details] testcase This calls `cvs rtag' on CVSROOT with `/./' to trigger the assertion. This testcase touches current directory.