[darcs-devel] [issue1486] recording a remove fails with "Cannot remove non-empty file" while the file doesn't even exist

[Attila Lendvai]

New submission from Attila Lendvai <attila.lendvai at gmail.com>:

please see the transcript below. it happens when i convert a rather big repo
using tailor.

ati at ed101:~/local-repos/sbcl/sync$ darcs --version
2.2.0 (+ 2 patches)
ati at ed101:~/local-repos/sbcl/sync$ darcs record --all --pipe --ignore-times
What is the date? 2002-02-02
Who is the author? asd
What is the patch name? asd
What is the log?

darcs failed:  Cannot remove non-empty file ./src/pcl/describe.lisp
Your repository is now in an inconsistent state.
This must be fixed by running darcs repair.


Failed to record patch 'asd'

ati at ed101:~/local-repos/sbcl/sync$ wnew
M ./NEWS +2
M ./src/code/condition.lisp -14
M ./src/code/describe.lisp -319 +546
M ./src/code/typedefs.lisp -7 +9
M ./src/cold/warm.lisp -7 +1
M ./src/compiler/compiler-deftype.lisp -2 +2
M ./src/compiler/main.lisp -2 +4
R ./src/pcl/describe.lisp
M ./src/pcl/documentation.lisp -1 +1
M ./tests/interface.impure.lisp -9 +11
M ./version.lisp-expr -1 +1
ati at ed101:~/local-repos/sbcl/sync$ ll src/pcl/describe.lisp
ls: cannot access src/pcl/describe.lisp: No such file or directory
ati at ed101:~/local-repos/sbcl/sync$ 

hth,

- attila

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messages: 7935
nosy: attila.lendvai, dmitry.kurochkin, kowey, simon, thorkilnaur
priority: bug
status: unread
title: recording a remove fails with "Cannot remove non-empty file" while the file doesn't even exist

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