PVCS to SVN Error - pvcs.cmd.PvcsUserWriter"

[vijayp0407]

Hi,

iam using svnimporter 1.3 and getting the below error, would appreciate your help

14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - ****************************************************************************
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - *** Global options ***
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Mode = create full dump
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Import dump into svn = "false"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Import dump only if svn repository exist = "false"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Full dump path = "full_dump_%date%.txt"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Incremental dump path = "incr_dump_%date%.txt"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Incremental history path = "incr_history.txt"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Save files list to = "files_20130610_140510.txt"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Source provider's class = "org.polarion.svnimporter.pvcsprovider.PvcsProvider"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - Size limit for dump files (in MB): 400
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - *** PVCS provider configuration ***
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - executable = "C://Program Files (x86)/PVCS/vm/win32/bin/pcli.exe"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - projectPath = "p://pvcsarch"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - subproject = "CoreApps"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - temp dir = "c:\temp\local\pvcs.tempdir"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - log date format = "MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - log date locale = "en"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - log date time zone = "null"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - log encoding = "Cp1251"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - verbose exec = "true"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - user name = "null"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - password = "null"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - import archive attributes = "false"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - keep vlog file = "false"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - validate checkouts = "true"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO PvcsConfig:84 - checkouttempdir = "c:\pvcstemp\pvcs.checkouttempdir"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO ProviderConfig:84 - svnimporter_user_name = "SvnImporter"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO ProviderConfig:84 - only_trunk = "false"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO ProviderConfig:84 - trunk_path = "trunk"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO ProviderConfig:84 - branches_path = "branches"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO ProviderConfig:84 - tags_path = "tags"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO ProviderConfig:84 - use_only_last_revision_content = "false"
14:05:10,094 [main] INFO ProviderConfig:84 - file_description_property_key = "description"
14:05:10,110 [main] INFO ProviderConfig:84 - use_file_copy = "false"
14:05:10,110 [main] INFO MainConfig:84 - ****************************************************************************
14:05:10,110 [main] INFO historyLogger:84 - **********************************************************************
14:05:10,110 [main] INFO historyLogger:84 - date: Jun 10, 2013 2:05:10 PM
14:05:10,110 [main] INFO historyLogger:84 - mode: create full dump
14:05:10,110 [main] INFO historyLogger:84 - src provider: class org.polarion.svnimporter.pvcsprovider.PvcsProvider
14:05:10,110 [main] INFO historyLogger:84 - creating full svn model...
14:05:10,110 [main] INFO Exec:84 - exec C://Program Files (x86)/PVCS/vm/win32/bin/pcli.exe run ->c:/temp/local/pvcs.tempdir/files.tmp -q listversionedfiles -prp://pvcsarch -l -z /CoreApps
14:05:10,204 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - Unknown os = Windows NT (unknown)
14:05:10,375 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - 14:05:10 Jun.10.13 [Error]
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - A requested programming interface was not found: "pvcs.cmd.PvcsUserWriter". This is a programming or configuration error.
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - pvcs.system.PvcsNoInterfaceException: A requested programming interface was not found: "pvcs.cmd.PvcsUserWriter". This is a programming or configuration error.
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.system.PvcsConnection.getInterface(PvcsConnection.java:397)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.CmdContext.setOut(CmdContext.java:246)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.RunCmd.redirectIo(RunCmd.java:977)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.RunCmd.runIt(RunCmd.java:463)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.RunCmd.run(RunCmd.java:429)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.RunCmd.invoke(RunCmd.java:744)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.PvcsCmd.invoke(PvcsCmd.java:219)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.CmdProcessor.invokeCmd(CmdProcessor.java:665)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.PcliFunction.exec(PcliFunction.java:258)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.PcliFunction.exec(PcliFunction.java:162)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.CmdProcessor.runCmds(CmdProcessor.java:227)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.CmdProcessor.pcliMain(CmdProcessor.java:194)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 - at pvcs.cmd.CmdProcessor.main(CmdProcessor.java:171)
14:05:10,391 [stdout] INFO Exec:84 -
14:05:10,391 [main] DEBUG Exec:80 - Process exit value: -13
14:05:10,391 [main] ERROR Main:96 - EXCEPTION CAUGHT: org.polarion.svnimporter.pvcsprovider.PvcsException: Process exit code: -13
at org.polarion.svnimporter.pvcsprovider.PvcsProvider.executeCommand(PvcsProvider.java:507)
at org.polarion.svnimporter.pvcsprovider.PvcsProvider.getLogInformation(PvcsProvider.java:212)
at org.polarion.svnimporter.pvcsprovider.PvcsProvider.buildPvcsModel(PvcsProvider.java:128)
at org.polarion.svnimporter.pvcsprovider.PvcsProvider.buildSvnModel(PvcsProvider.java:165)
at org.polarion.svnimporter.main.Main.buildFullSvnModel(Main.java:158)
at org.polarion.svnimporter.main.Main.run(Main.java:88)
at org.polarion.svnimporter.main.Main.main(Main.java:51)

[vijayp0407]

i have solved this issue, need to make pcli.exe compatable with windows NT,

[mrajan]

Hi

Can you please provide more details on following?
>>need to make pcli.exe compatable with windows NT

I am planning to work on a project to convert PVCS to SVN and going through the forum for potential issues and the solution for the same.

Thanks ..
Rajan.

[Nilesh]

Hi,
I have one old PVCS repository. I need to migrate it to SVN.
I cant find pcli.exe on that machine.
Can anyone give me details of this executable?

[AaronStark]

I was having a similar issue and after making pcli.exe compatible with Windows NT, the error went away.

The fix was easy:
- In Windows Explorer, navigate to the PCLI.exe file (in my case, it was located at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Serena\vm\win32\bin\"
- Right click on pcli.exe file and go to Properties
- Under the Compatibility tab, check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" check box and choose "Windows NT" in the drop down list.
- Click Apply then Ok.

Thank you vijayp0407 for discovering this fix!