[p4] cvs2p4: troubleshooting [signed]

[Mamadou Cisse [c]]

I'm trying to use cvs2p4 to migrate a cvsNT repository to Perforce on a 
Ubuntu Dapper box.
I couldn't get the test/runtest script to run properly. It always came 
back with a "bad results" from the bin/genmetadata script.
Being unable to find out why, I've decided to try my luck with the 
bin/cvs2p4 script. This one is throwing the error:
[[
Journal file 'dbmeta' replay failed at line <num>!
Word too big fo a number!
]]
I've been scouring the web for answers for the last week or so and 
couldn't find any clear understanding of the causes or the remedies.

Can anybody help with some sample?


========== change group 1
dochanges> cd /tmp/cvs2p4-3.0b6/p4root && /usr/bin/p4d -r . -jr dbmeta
Perforce db files in '.' will be created if missing...
Recovering from dbmeta...
dochanges: *** "cd /tmp/cvs2p4-3.0b6/p4root && /usr/bin/p4d -r . -jr 
dbmeta" exited with signal 0 status 255
dochanges: "/usr/bin/p4d -r . -jr dbmeta" failed.
*** dochanges  FAILED


Best Regards,
mcisse.



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