[Haven't tried to reproduce this one myself.

This file has two messages from Tim Hoy: the initial report and an
update.

A possibly related report:

    Each time I release the module I get the following message
    cvs update: play5: hard linkage of 1.3 and working file do not match
    where play5 is the file that the symbolic link is attached to
    (play6->play5)

-kingdon.]

Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 16:13:18 -0400 (EDT)
To: bug-cvs@gnu.org
From: thoy@kp.net


>Submitter-Id:   net
>Originator: 	 Hoy
>Organization:
ins.state.pa.us
>Confidential:  no
>Synopsis:	core dumps on multiple commits with PreservePermissions=yes
>Severity:	non-critical
>Priority:	low
>Category: 	cvs
>Class:		sw-bug
>Release:	cvs-1.10.1
>Environment:
    	Sparc 20, Solaris 2.6
System: SunOS sliq20 5.6 Generic_105181-06 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-20
Architecture: sun4

>Description:
	when attempting to commit more than one file with 
        PreservePermissions=yes the commit dumps a core.
>How-To-Repeat:
        set configuration to PreservePermissions=yes
	run "cvs commit" in a directory with more than one file modified
        and you will see:
        cvs commit: Examining .
        ... possibly hard linkage errors ...
        Segmentation Fault (core dumped) 
>Fix:
	only commit a single file at a time
        or unset PreservePermissions=yes

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:58:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Hoy <thoy@wilkes.kp.net>
To: bug-cvs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: core dumps on multiple commits with PreservePermissions=yes

This problem, at least under Solaris, may have more to do with "hard
linkage errors" then I first thought.  Below is a bash session where I
couldn't even commit a single updated file and had to unlock the
repository and finally turn preserve permissions off to get past it: 

SFUNDS:/files/devl/docs# cvs commit whatsnew.html
cvs commit whatsnew.html
cvs commit: whatsnew.html: hard linkage of 1.19 and working file do not
match
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
SFUNDS:/files/devl/docs# cvs commit whatsnew.html
cvs commit: [14:42:48] waiting for root's lock in /files/netscape/cvs/docs
cvs commit: [14:43:18] obtained lock in /files/netscape/cvs/docs
cvs commit: whatsnew.html: hard linkage of 1.19 and working file do not
match
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
SFUNDS:/files/devl/docs# cvs commit whatsnew.html
cvs commit: /files/netscape/cvs/CVSROOT/config: unrecognized keyword
'xPreservePermissions'
... and then its OK.