599538 – cvs commits failing: cannot exec /var/cvsroot/CVSROOT/cvslogdate: Permission denied

Bug 599538 - cvs commits failing: cannot exec /var/cvsroot/CVSROOT/cvslogdate: Permission denied

Summary: cvs commits failing: cannot exec /var/cvsroot/CVSROOT/cvslogdate: Permission ...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Infrastructure
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Git (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Infrastructure

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Reported:	2016-11-11 20:31 UTC by SpanKY
Modified:	2016-11-14 20:06 UTC (History)
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Description SpanKY gentoo-dev

2016-11-11 20:31:57 UTC

trying to commit to vapier@cvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/patchsets/gentoo-headers but failing:

$ cvs commit -m 'add more packages for testing' testing.txt 
cvs commit: cannot exec /var/cvsroot/CVSROOT/cvslogdate: Permission denied
cvs commit: Pre-commit check failed
cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2016-11-11 20:45:46 UTC

more server errors:
sh: /var/cvsroot/CVSROOT/cvslogholder.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied
sh: /var/cvsroot/CVSROOT/commitlog-portage.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied

Comment 2 Robin Johnson archtester

2016-11-14 17:37:05 UTC

Fixed, grsec on newer kernel was being strict.

$ cvs ci -m 'Update testing packages.' testing.txt 
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/patchsets/gentoo-headers/testing.txt,v  <--  testing.txt
new revision: 1.7; previous revision: 1.6

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2016-11-14 20:06:09 UTC

thanks, i can push all my updates now