[Gnu-arch-users] Re: [Help-gnu-arch] tla-1.2 error: Missing inode signature...

[attila]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

[Cc'ing gnu-arch-users so Matthieu's answer makes it into the logs for
 future Googlers; sorry for the breach of netiquette. --A]

Matthieu Moy writes:
 > attila <address@hidden> writes:
 > 
 > > The error is:
 > >   Cannot verify reference tree integrity: you should remove and
 > >   recreate this reference tree.
 > 
 > You should :
 > 
 > - post to gnu-arch-users list instead. The help-gnu-arch ML is not
 >   really used anymore.

Thanks, didn't realize that.

 > - upgrade to tla 1.2.1 or better 1.3rc2. Some bugs related to inode
 >   signature have been fixed since 1.2, so, ...

Okay, will do.

 > Then, you should know that arch use a local reference copy of your
 > tree, to allow commands like "tla changes" to run offline (this is
 > either pristine tree or revision library). tla also has a corruption
 > detection and tells you when it thinks your reference tree is corrupt.
 > In this case, the command to remove the reference tree is simply "rm"
 > (or, in case of doubt, "mv XXX /tmp" ...), and the tree will be
 > recreated automatically afterwards.

I take it that you mean something like

  $ rm -rf {arch}/++pristine-trees

Mv'ing this dir away does seem to have cleared up the error.  Thanks.

Pax,
                                                                --A
- --
attila %% member, st.Alphonsos collective %% unix,tcp/ip,security,hard bits
gpg 4FFCBB9C fingerprint A9A1 FD2A 2EFC 70B6 1036  F966 AFCF 222D 4FFC BB9C
writing, clues, software, etc. -======-> http://www.stalphonsos.com/~attila
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (OpenBSD)
Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.7 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/>

iD8DBQFBqvm1r88iLU/8u5wRAjZdAJsHlvDBm2MK550EulksDp4mQxhmCQCgktrg
0Ew6qT6hYqaZi4YCYwrc0KI=
=Ahzi
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----