Public bug reported: cvsps 2.x deduces incorrect root locations in branchy CVS repositories, leading to incorrect imports when used with git-cvsimport and other tools relying on cvsps. This is a serious bug that can produce silently damaged repositories. Recovery from it, though possible, is quite difficult, requiring manual intervention with a repository-editing tool such as reposurgeon.
I am the new maintainer of cvsps and have shipped a 3.x release that solves this problem. I have written a replacement git-cvsimport that works with 3.x and am working with the git maintainers to get it merged. I have arranged for new cvsps to fail with an informative error message when called by the existing git-cvsimport. The cvsps 3.x project page is at <http://www.catb.org/esr/cvsps/>. Please replace 2.x in the repositories as soon as possible; it is too buggy to be safely used. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: cvsps (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic 3.2.31 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jan 14 05:24:02 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: cvsps UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-01 (258 days ago) ** Affects: cvsps (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1099355 Title: cvsps 2.x silently mangles CVS repository translations To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cvsps/+bug/1099355/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
