[rancid] RCSSYS=svn error: svn: Directory <group> is out of date (incl. patch)

[Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)]

When I try to use the svn RCSSYS I get this error in the log file on the
rancid in debian stable, rancid-core 2.3.2~a8-4, when running rancid-run

All routers sucessfully completed.
Sending .
svn: Directory '/cmhosts' is out of date

Similar questions were posted here:
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2007-February/002037.html
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2006-June/001568.html
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2009-October/thread.html#4306
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2010-February/004621.html

Someone or something must be mucking with your respository. I'd suggest
that you change the ownership & permissions of the files and directories
where your repository lies such that no other can alter them.

No, that is not the case... Nobody else is mucking with it, I promise.

Running with CVS and there are no problems. I've looked in the changelog
for 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 and subversion/svn is not mentioned.

Does svn work for anybody else?

Is there a bug here?

Has this been fixed in 2.3.4? Would it help to upgrade to 2.3.4 (I'd
rather keep all my /usr controlled with debian packages unless I have to
manually install...)

I've tried to install the patch in
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2006-August/001679.html (which
isn't applied to 2.3.4 either) but it doesn't completely fix the issue.
Is there any reason why this patch wasn't applied or even commented on?
The only reference I could find to it was in
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2007-February/002046.html
that says that it worked if I ran rancid-run twice. Which is true, it does.

This patch *does* fix it though. I'm just worried why nobody else is
seeing this:

--- orig.control_rancid.in 2010-08-04 19:09:03.000000000 +0200
+++ control_rancid.in 2010-08-04 19:09:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@
cd $DIR

fi
+
+# svn update to avoid 'Out of date' error
+if [ "$RCSSYS" = "svn" ]
+then
+ svn update
+fi
+
mv -f routers.all.new routers.all
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
echo "Error: could not rename routers.all.new"

Peter

[john heasley]

Post by Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)
When I try to use the svn RCSSYS I get this error in the log file on the
rancid in debian stable, rancid-core 2.3.2~a8-4, when running rancid-run

All routers sucessfully completed.
Sending .
svn: Directory '/cmhosts' is out of date

http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2007-February/002037.html
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2006-June/001568.html
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2009-October/thread.html#4306
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2010-February/004621.html

Someone or something must be mucking with your respository. I'd suggest
that you change the ownership & permissions of the files and directories
where your repository lies such that no other can alter them.

No, that is not the case... Nobody else is mucking with it, I promise.
Running with CVS and there are no problems. I've looked in the changelog
for 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 and subversion/svn is not mentioned.
Does svn work for anybody else?
Is there a bug here?
Has this been fixed in 2.3.4? Would it help to upgrade to 2.3.4 (I'd
rather keep all my /usr controlled with debian packages unless I have to
manually install...)
I've tried to install the patch in
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2006-August/001679.html (which

it should not be necessary to svn/cvs update prior to running rancid
for a group. if the checkout in rancid's dir needs an update, then
someone other than rancid commited a change - or your machine crashed and
munged the fsys or your version of cvs/svn has a problem or someone killed
a cvs/svn process that rancid was running. so, either someone is trying to
hide config changes or something is broken.

ie: we'd rather know that there is intereference or a problem than have
rancid run the update. this has NEVER occured on my rancid boxes; I'm
using cvs primarily and have used svn for testing only.

the second part of that patch should also not be necessary; a) localhost
is not necessary, but the url should be file:///$CVSROOT/$GROUP, and b)
the update should not necessary unless something is broken. I'd apply
either or both of these if I understood why either would be necessary.

Post by Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)
isn't applied to 2.3.4 either) but it doesn't completely fix the issue.
Is there any reason why this patch wasn't applied or even commented on?
The only reference I could find to it was in
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2007-February/002046.html
that says that it worked if I ran rancid-run twice. Which is true, it does.
This patch *does* fix it though. I'm just worried why nobody else is
--- orig.control_rancid.in 2010-08-04 19:09:03.000000000 +0200
+++ control_rancid.in 2010-08-04 19:09:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@
cd $DIR
fi
+
+# svn update to avoid 'Out of date' error
+if [ "$RCSSYS" = "svn" ]
+then
+ svn update
+fi
+
mv -f routers.all.new routers.all
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
echo "Error: could not rename routers.all.new"
Peter
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[Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)]

On 2010-08-05 20:43, john heasley heas-at-shrubbery.net |Lists/Send to

Post by john heasley
it should not be necessary to svn/cvs update prior to running rancid
for a group. if the checkout in rancid's dir needs an update, then
someone other than rancid commited a change

My bad: I tested it again. What I had done on all my previous attempts
was that I modified router.db *and committed it*. If I just omitted the

Post by john heasley
Trying to get all of the configs.
All routers sucessfully completed.
Sending .
Sending configs/172.22.216.1
Sending configs/172.22.216.13
Sending router.db
Transmitting file data ...
Committed revision 6.
ending: Fri Aug 6 08:59:33 CEST 2010

Sorry.

Peter

[john heasley]

Post by Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)
On 2010-08-05 20:43, john heasley heas-at-shrubbery.net |Lists/Send to

Post by john heasley
it should not be necessary to svn/cvs update prior to running rancid
for a group. if the checkout in rancid's dir needs an update, then
someone other than rancid commited a change

My bad: I tested it again. What I had done on all my previous attempts
was that I modified router.db *and committed it*. If I just omitted the

as long as it is owned by the user who runs rancid and the update was made
in the rancid group directory, the update should not be necessary. but,
the update to router.db will not appear in the next rancid run if its
already been committed.

Post by Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)

Post by john heasley
Trying to get all of the configs.
All routers sucessfully completed.
Sending .
Sending configs/172.22.216.1
Sending configs/172.22.216.13
Sending router.db
Transmitting file data ...
Committed revision 6.
ending: Fri Aug 6 08:59:33 CEST 2010

Sorry.
Peter
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