Re: CVS 1.11.2 PServer Assertion Error

[Larry Jones]

Warren, Barry writes:
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> Assertion failed: ptr >= rcsbuf_buffer && ptr < rcsbuf_buffer +
> rcsbuf_buffer_size, file /u/scjones/cvs-nightly/src/rcs.c, line 1095
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> This problem does not seem to occur with all files in the $CVSROOT
> directory nor in other sub-directories of the repository.
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> Has anyone seen this or similar problems? 

Yes, someone asked the same question just last week.  The assertion
itself is wrong.  You need to download the source, change the "<" in
that assertion (the file and line number are in the error message) to
"<=" and then build it.

-Larry Jones

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