Whoops -- I sent this to info-cvs.gnu.org mailing list, and it also showed up here. Is that list cross-posted to this newsgroup?
Apparently, the reverse is not true, since there is no record of my previous postings to this group on this subject in the Mailman archive.... -- -P. work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = 100% play: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = 0% Peter S. Shenkin = Dull boy -- "Peter S. Shenkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Hi, > > I posted this request on gnu.cvs.help, but got no response. Thought I'd > try here.... > > > I'm getting the following errmsg from cvs annotate on several files; most > > files are fine. > > > > cvs [annotate aborted]: invalid change text in <filename,v> > > > > I've done a net search and a search in this newsgroup for this message and > > haven't found anything illuminating. Also a search of the relevant manuals. > > > > cvs status and cvs log on the file appear normal. The file is unmodified > > with respect to the repository. > > > > I've not inspected the ,v file directly. I'm using cvs 1.10, and as > > far as I know, we've been using this version since the file was originally > > checked in. > > > > Any ideas, or suggestions for working around the problem? It sounds as if > > the ,v file is broken in some way. I suppose one thing I could do would be > > to try "cvs co -r" with older and older revisions to see if this breaks > > at some point, if someone thinks this would be illuminating. > > > > Thanks, > > -P. > > > > -- > > work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = 100% > > play: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = 0% > > Peter S. Shenkin = Dull boy > > > > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs