[p4] Moving p4d to a new server (Mac OS -> Linux)

[Steve Sakoman]

I'd like to move my perforce server from an old PPC Mac to a shiny new Linux
x86 box.

Following the directions in the Perforce administrator's manual  appeared to
work, but didn't pass the "p4 verify -q //..." test.  Lots of MISSING!
errors :-(

Can anyone see the flaw in the procedure below?

p4d on the Mac is configured so that it is launched liked this:

        /usr/local/bin/p4d     -d \
                -r /Users/perforce/p4root \
                -J /Users/perforce/p4journal/journal \
                -L /Users/perforce/p4logs/errors

To start the migration I did the following on my Mac:

#p4 verify -q //...

All is well, no errors.  So next I stop p4d and create a checkpoint:

# /usr/local/bin/p4d -r /Users/perforce/p4root/ -J
/Users/perforce/p4journal/journal -jc checkpoint-migration
Checkpointing to checkpoint-migration.ckp.4...
Saving journal to checkpoint-migration.jnl.4...
Truncating /Users/perforce/p4journal/journal...
#

Again, all seems to be well.  I go to my new LInux box, download p4d & p4
and move them to /usr/local/bin and set the permissions. Then I create a new
user "perforce", and log in as perforce.

I copy the files from the Mac machine to the perforce home directory and
create the journal and logs directories:

$ cp -pR /mnt/nfs/perforce/p4root /home/perforce/
$ cd /home/perforce
$ mkdir p4journal
$ mkdir p4logs

And now remove the db.* files:
$ rm p4root/db.*

Finally, as per the manual, I recreate the db files:

$ p4d -r /home/perforce/p4root/ -jr /home/perforce/p4root/checkpoint-
migration.ckp.4
Perforce db files in '/home/perforce/p4root/' will be created if missing...
Recovering from /home/perforce/p4root/checkpoint- migration.ckp.4...
$

So to see if it worked I start p4d:

$ /usr/local/bin/p4d -d -r /home/perforce/p4root/ -J
/home/perforce/p4journal/journal -L /home/perforce/p4logs/errors
Perforce Server starting...
$

Looks good, no errors in the log file.  So lets try the p4 verify test:

$p4 verify -q //...
//depot/buildroot/Config.in#2 edit change 27 (text) 3CABEEF6CCC275C68 ...
MISSING!
(and hundreds more just like it)

So no joy.  Anyone have an idea of where I went wrong?

Thanks much!

Steve