Description of problem: Upstream bug http://sourceforge.net/p/cscope/bugs/200/ cscope reports "File does not have expected format" when performing a lookup for a C symbol. This happens for some of the symbols. On is reported upstream. I can consistently reproduce by looking for skb_mac_gso_segment in the kernel source tree. The index is built using # cscope -q -b -R -k Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Build a symbol db using # cscope -q -b -R -k 2. Launch cscope 3. Search for skb_mac_gso_segment C symbol Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: Upstream bug includes a patch (http://sourceforge.net/p/cscope/bugs/200/#10cf). I've built a test rpm and verified that the patch solves this problem for me.
cscope-15.8-8.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/cscope-15.8-8.fc20
Package cscope-15.8-8.fc20: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing cscope-15.8-8.fc20' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-5245/cscope-15.8-8.fc20 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
cscope-15.8-8.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.