I found the message helpful enough; with a little bit of thought to the
problem :)
It would be next to impossible if not impossible for a tool to contain
every permutation, combination of the problem and analyse an individuals
issue and provide a detail description on what caused the error.
I believe this is called AI -- Artificial Intelligence and it is still
in its infancy :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Sickler [mailto:crazyfordynamite@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 October 2007 10:55 AM
To: Srilakshmanan, Lakshman
Cc: Brian Erickson; users@subversion.tigris.org; John Gourlay
Subject: Re: Svn update failed
Exactly right, but this error message isnt very helpful pointing that
out.
On 9/30/07, Srilakshmanan, Lakshman
<lakshman.srilakshmanan@police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> Firstly, when I get a message like "The system cannot find the file
> specified." I would try to understand WHY ?
>
> I would run "svn status" and that would quickly show that test.txt in
> junk1 is "scheduled" for a delete.
> I cannot commit this scheduled delete as it has already changed in
> Subversion. I would probably "svn revert" this file in junk1. "svn
> update" the file to bring it to the current revision. "svn delete" the
> file and then "svn commit" it.
>
> Allowing for a delete to be committed, when it is not the current
> revision is probably unwise.
>
> Thanks
> Lakshman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Erickson [mailto:erickson@BAUERCONTROLS.com]
> Sent: Friday, 28 September 2007 11:39 PM
> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Cc: John Gourlay
> Subject: Svn update failed
>
> If I execute the following (attached as a txt file):
> c:
> cd \
> md c:\junk1
> md c:\junk2
> svn co http://snidely/svn/test junk1
> svn co http://snidely/svn/test junk2
> cd junk1
> svn del test.txt
> cd \junk2
> svn propset svn:keywords Id test.txt
> svn -mkeywords commit
> cd \junk1
> svn update
>
> The svn update gives:
> U test.txt
> svn: In directory '.'
> svn: Error processing command 'set-timestamp' in '.'
> svn: Can't set access time of 'test.txt': The system cannot find the
> file specified.
>
> Try to commit the delete and you get
> C:\junk1>svn commit
> svn: Working copy 'C:\junk1' locked
> svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for
> details)
>
> Then clean up says:
> C:\junk1>svn cleanup
> svn: In directory '.'
> svn: Error processing command 'set-timestamp' in '.'
> svn: Can't set access time of 'test.txt': The system cannot find the
> file specified.
>
> Now it gets weird...
> Delete the junk1 and junk2 folders and re-run the test. All is well.
> Now, from the junk1 folder, commit the change. Then re-add the
> test.txt file and commit the add.
> Now, delete the junk1 and junk2 folders and start over. The problem
> is back.
>
> Can anyone tell me what's going on?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
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