333489 - cvs timeout problems since early April

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(mozilla.org Graveyard :: Server Operations, task, P1)

Description

[Ian Neal]

Since early April I've been having problems with both checking in and out of cvs.
If I only do a couple of files at a time it is fine but if I try 6 or so I get the following message:
Read from remote host cvs.mozilla.org: Software caused connection abort
cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

and something similar for committing.

Comment 1

[Aravind Gottipati [:aravind]]

We have had some new tinderboxen in the last few weeks.  Thats one possible reason for the increase in load on the box (megalon) and the reason for these checkin problems.  We are investigating possible solutions to this and will update this bug when we decide on a fix.

Comment 2

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Ian: are you still having this problem?  This error can also be seen if you don't have the CVS_RSH environment variable set.  Have you made sure this is set every time?

Comment 3

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Notes for move:

1) make sure user IDs match, all users need to be moved, including cvsuser and cvsadm

2) cvs chroot jail needs to be rebuilt for library compatibility with RHEL4 (so that future security updates don't break it)

3) sshd host key needs to be moved so that people don't get key errors when the key suddenly changes.

Comment 4

[Ian Neal]

Yes I have set CVS_RSH=ssh everytime. Below is an example cvs diff and error message:
$ cvs diff -pud8 mailnews/addrbook/prefs/resources/content/pref-addressing.xul mailnews/addrbook/prefs/resources/content/pref-directory.js mailnews/addrbook/prefs/resources/locale/en-US/pref-addressing.dtd mailnews/base/prefs/resources/content/am-addressing.js mailnews/base/prefs/resources/content/am-addressingOverlay.xul mailnews/base/prefs/resources/content/am-identity-edit.js mailnews/base/prefs/resources/locale/en-US/am-addressing.dtd themes/classic/messenger/addressbook/addressPanes.css themes/modern/messenger/addressbook/addressPanes.css mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAbAutoCompleteSession.h mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAbAutoCompleteSession.cpp mailnews/addrbook/src/nsLDAPPrefsService.js mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgIdentity.idl mailnews/base/util/nsMsgIdentity.cpp mailnews/compose/resources/content/MsgComposeCommands.js mailnews/extensions/smime/resources/content/certFetchingStatus.js mailnews/extensions/smime/resources/content/msgCompSecurityInfo.js mailnews/extensions/smime/resources/content/msgCompSMIMEOverlay.js mailnews/mailnews.js > ../bug125188wip0_2.diff
Read from remote host cvs.mozilla.org: Software caused connection abort
cvs [diff aborted]: received broken pipe signal

Comment 5

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Yes I have set CVS_RSH=ssh everytime. Below is an example cvs diff and error
> message:

> Read from remote host cvs.mozilla.org: Software caused connection abort
> cvs [diff aborted]: received broken pipe signal

Aravind made some adjustments to the server on Wednesday concerning how many consecutive logins you can use.  Has it helped any?

We're hoping to move to the new CVS server this coming Tuesday evening.

Comment 6

[Ian Neal]

Yes, that seems to have improved things though not completely fixed my issue. I could diff more than a few files at a time without a timeout (before 9.30pm BST) but now (10.50pm BST) it's timing out again.

Comment 7

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

We need the build systems available without interruption for a couple days, so this has been pushed off.

Comment 8

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

OK, for sure this time (I hope) :)

Comment 9

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

OK, the move has completed.  Ian: did this solve the problem you were having?