Which version of Jenkins and cvs-plugin are you using?

Thanks
Michael

> On 14 Oct 2013, at 21:44, cscooper <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> We have a matrix job that runs fine except that when the master does that
> initial CVS update on the master prior to launching any of the matrix builds
> on slaves, it gives a CVS "file was lost" error for every file in the
> project.
>
> The job is parameterized with a boolean named DELETE_WORKSPACE which is set
> as the "Check parameter" for "Delete workspace before build starts" in the
> Build Environment.  If I set DELETE_WORKSPACE to true, the build runs
> perfectly without any CVS errors which implies that my CVS authentication is
> correct.
>
> I tried running the CVS commands from the terminal window, and here's what I
> see.
>
> If I run the commands directly:
> 1) cvs checkout -P -d project project (this is what Jenkins does if
> DELETE_WORKSPACE is true)
> 2) cvs update -C -d -P project (this is what Jenkins does if
> DELETE_WORKSPACE is false)
> Both CVS commands run fine.
>
> If I let Jenkins run the first command by performing the build:
> 1) Run the Jenkins job with DELETE_WORKSPACE=true
> 2) cvs update -C -d -P project
> During the cvs update, CVS gives me a bunch of warnings about locally
> modified files being moved to temporary files.
>
> And wait, it gets stranger.  If I do this:
> 1) Run the Jenkins job with DELETE_WORKSPACE=true
> 2) cvs status project
> 3) cvs update -C -d -P project
> Then I _don't_ get any warnings during the cvs update about locally modified
> files.
>
> So it looks like Jenkins is somehow leaving CVS in a strange state where it
> thinks my local files have been modified when they really haven't?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
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