Q: how to recover from `Generic path error: .... pack': Failure: unable to rename to ....` ?

[Martin Pool]

On 16 December 2010 11:33, Michael Andronov
<michael_andronov at sd-kyber.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm occasionally getting the error, similar to:
> "
> ...
> Generic path error: 'os52gb1et8zi6kkuclqa.pack': Failure: unable to
> rename to '../packs/ccfd8d322937a2aed9bd428a58251049.pack'
> "
> The error occurs during the branch push from one machine to another.
> I'm wondering :
> - What may be the possible reason for that? Is there any way to trace?
> - What would be the proper and simpler way to recover from such situation?
>
> Thank you for all kind attention to the case.

Hi,

As the message suggests, the OS is for some reason refusing to let us
rename one of our files.  What OS and filesystem (and network
filesystem?) are you using?  Does this always happen?  Getting an
indication of the actual underlying error using eg strace would be
useful.

-- 
Martin