282054 - CVS checkout from gila.mozilla.org fails

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(mozilla.org Graveyard :: Server Operations, task)

Description

[Alex Bishop]

CVS checkouts from gila.mozilla.org (mozilla.org website tree) are failing due
to what looks like a low disk space error.

For example, if I type:

cvs -d :pserver:alexbishopuk%yahoo.com:[MY_PASSWORD]@gila.mozilla.org:/cvsroot
checkout -p mozilla-org/html/status/minutes.html

I get this error:

can't create temporary directory /tmp/cvs-serv18420
No space left on device

The number at the end of the name of the temporary directory varies every time.

Easiest way to see this is by using the Doctor 'Edit This Page' link on any
mozilla.org page. Here's the full text of the error page that gets shown:

Doctor - Error

Doctor couldn't process your request because of the following problem:

Doctor could not check out the file from the repository.

The problem occurred when Doctor tried to execute the CVS command:

cvs -d :pserver:doctor%mozilla.org:[password]@gila.mozilla.org:/cvsroot checkout
-p mozilla-org/html/status/minutes.html

CVS returned the error code 256 and the message:

can't create temporary directory /tmp/cvs-serv20655
No space left on device

Please go back and try again.

This is always reproducible. I first saw it about half an hour ago. The last
successful checkout I made was on February 3rd.

Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Don't use gila.  That's a machine at AOL that we no longer have. :)

Use cvs-www.mozilla.org because that name is guaranteed to move with the cvs
server even if it moves to a new server.

Disk space problems have been alleviated by removing a bunch of old log files.

Comment 2

[Alex Bishop]

Works fine now. Thanks.