cl-variates problem?

[Zach Beane]

Erik Huelsmann <ehuels at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Zach,
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> wrote:
>
>> When I try to "darcs pull" an existing cl-variates checkout, I get this:
>>
>> Waiting for lock
>>
>> /home/quicklisp/quicklisp-controller/vcs-cache/cl-variates/8fdba34f923f1697c9fc5cfe92edcdac/_darcs/lock
>> Couldn't get lock
>>
>> /home/quicklisp/quicklisp-controller/vcs-cache/cl-variates/8fdba34f923f1697c9fc5cfe92edcdac/_darcs/lock
>>
>
> This looks like it's something on your end, judging by this FAQ:
> http://darcs.net/DiagnosticMessages#couldnt-get-lock-lock
>
>
>>
>> What should I do?
>>
>
> Does the hint in the FAQ entry help? If not, there's still a pending plan
> to migrate all Darcs repositories to GitLab. I'm assuming that would
> eliminate problems like these too, right?

Fixing my local directory fixed it, thanks for the hint and sorry for
the noise!

Zach