[darcs-users] darcs problem

[Eric Y. Kow]

Hi,

No time to be more helpful, sorry.  Some weak suggestions below.

> ~/darcs/darcs1.0.8  pull http://james.tooraweenah.com/darcs/netrek-server/
> 
> After I execute this command it takes a good 5 minutes before it comes
> back telling me how many patches it's found! This seems a bit slow for
> a machine on a T1 line.

The following links might be of interest:
  http://bugs.darcs.net/issue377
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.darcs.devel/5464

> darcs failed:  user error (Error applying patch to recorded.
> Running 'darcs repair' on the target repository may help.
> ./Vanilla/aclocal.m4: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or
> directory))

That is odd.  There is a patch in that repository removing
Vanilla/aclocal.m4 which has presumably vanished from your
_darcs/pristine.

Is there any chance at all that you might have deleted it on accident?
I know sometimes I get a little carried away with find and come to
regret it when havoc is wreaked accordingly (there is a feature in the
works which will make darcs far more resistant to this)

Otherwise, it may be worth filing a bug report.

> How can I fix my repo? I've never used darcs repair before.

By running darcs repair.  No arguments, just run it like a regular
old darcs command.  It reconstructs your pristine cache by applying
all patches in sequence.

-- 
Eric Kow                     http://www.loria.fr/~kow
PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9         Merci de corriger mon français.
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