cmd:rcs check in (cmd:ci) problem

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locked by "somebody else"

Symptom

$ ci sendh
RCS/sendh,v  <--  sendh
ci: RCS/sendh,v: revision 1.12 locked by suntong

Reason

Can not check in file that is locked by somebody else.

Solution

way

# list the files, then

# uncheck them
echo $fl
yes | rcs -u -M !$
rcs -l !$

# check them in immedietely afterwords
ci -l -m"- " !$

history

$ rcs -u sendh
RCS file: RCS/sendh,v
Revision 1.12 is already locked by suntong.
Do you want to break the lock? [ny](n): y
State the reason for breaking the lock:
(terminate with single '.' or end of file)
>> ^D
suntong... User unknown
Saving message in /export/home/tong/dead.letter
...

$ rcs -l sendh
RCS file: RCS/sendh,v
1.12 locked
done

$ ci -l -m"send_log,probe-mail" sendh
RCS/sendh,v  <--  sendh
new revision: 1.13; previous revision: 1.12
done

Conclusion

Do not check out any file before transfering to a different account. Otherwise, have to unlock it first.

no lock set by …

Symptom

$ ci ld.sys.lst
RCS/ld.sys.lst,v  <--  ld.sys.lst
ci: RCS/ld.sys.lst,v: no lock set by suntong

Solution

Use 'rcs -U' to set locking to non-strict:

$ rlog ld.sys.lst

RCS file: RCS/ld.sys.lst,v
Working file: ld.sys.lst
head: 1.2
branch:
locks: strict
        tong: 1.2

$ rcs -U !$
rcs -U ld.sys.lst
RCS file: RCS/ld.sys.lst,v
done

$ ci ld.sys.lst
RCS/ld.sys.lst,v  <--  ld.sys.lst
new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
done

help

-U   Set locking to non-strict.

-u[rev]
     Unlock the revision with number rev.

-M   Do not send mail when breaking  somebody  else's  lock.

No Write protect after checking in.

*Tags*: no locking

Symptom

After I check in a file using "ci -u", I saw that the +w flag is still on for the "owner".

Reason

The file has been set to non-strict locking, by previous "rcs -U".

Using rlog file will show:

[...]
branch:
locks:
access list:
[...]

Solution

Set locking to strict, again:

$ rcs -L fileh
RCS file: RCS/fileh,v
done


	!!

Using rlog file will now show:

locks: strict

$ diff fileh,v.000730 fileh,v
5c5
<       tong:1.21;
---
>       tong:1.21; strict;

$ dir fileh; ci -u -m"lns" fileh
-rwxr-x--x   1 tong     tong        18324 Jul 30 17:52 fileh*
RCS/fileh,v  <--  fileh
new revision: 1.22; previous revision: 1.21
done

$ dir fileh
-r-xr-x--x   1 tong     tong        18324 Jul 30 17:52 fileh*

documented on: 2000.03.16 Thu 14:54:43