1. I got an error message about a sticky tag, not a branch tag,during a CVS commit.
2. When importing a database, why do I get a Failed to make directory XXXX error?
3. How do I use the CVS system to make changes to another user's package?
4. How do I tag changes for a new release when the CVS HEAD is not ready for tagging a new version?
5. The Objectivity tool "oocleanup" fails to release locks. What do I do next?
6. How do I delete a federation when a release has been removed?
7. How do I delete my database?
8. How to avoid picking the wrong database version.
9. Why must every user rebuild the database for every release?
10. Error:"...ooSession::Init()could not open:...is OO_FD_BOOT set correctly?"
11. How do I get a "traceback" of a crash?
12. What should I do when the debugger won't tell me where my program crashed?
13. Beta in release X.Y.Z crashed. Is this a potential "bug" (or is there a fix)?
14. Which software release and tags should I use?
15. Difference between "bsub -q bldrecoq -o gmake.log gmake lib" and "gmake lib BetaUser.bin".
16. Looking for a list of identified particles, such as PiO finder, a K0 finder, or a charged pion finder.
17. addpkg results in the error "Sorry, you don't have read/write access to the history file cvs [checkout aborted]:"
18. How do I skip a specific event when running Beta, etc?
19. How do I debug on Solaris?
20. Hints for dealing with postscript files.
21. build summary reports a Making Error.
22. Deadline for submitting new packages for the next nightly build.
23. How do I submit my new package to become part of the offical BaBar release?
24. I submitted a Checklist for a package (first time in a release), when will it appear in a release?
25. How can I find out what packages will be included in the build?
26. What is the "nightly build"? When is it run? Can the deadline be extended?
27. For package coordinators: email organization tip.
28. One easy way to test compile code on all BaBar support platforms.
29. Retrieve lost results from an automated test build using stored logfiles.
30. How long is a release kept on disk?
31. My BFCURRENT points to the newest release - and it changed. Why? Who is informed of changes?
32. How to book a 2-D histogram or scatter plot.
33. How to make use of the TrkPoca.cc routine for McTruth candidates.
34. Error processing DDL files using /nfs/farm/babar/work
35. Recovery of wasted FDID numbers.
36. Error #4577:... System Error #3001: ooHandle(ooObj)::open():
37. Overview of UNIX Batch System
38. Setting up your PATH
39. A symbol unresolved by the Digital UNIX linker - how to find the code attempting to use it.
40. Setting up my environment for Babar software
41. How do I test my code on Digital UNIX
42. What public machines at SLAC do I use to develop and run BaBar code?
43. Why does PackageList affect dependencies during .d and .o stages?
44. Error message linking on Sun:ild: Fatal error -- Assertion failed: file ../elf/ps-shlib-elf.c
45. How to find log files of MC production runs?
46. Batch job exit error: Exited with signal termination: Signal 30, and core dumped.
47. I can't compile XXXX while using the production federation!
48. How do I exit without leaving locks when running my application in dbx?
49. Where to send batch job output
50. Can I read a federation from an earlier release?
51. Why doesn't reading the tag work for collection X?
52. How do I read more than one collection in a single job?
53. /nfs/babar directory is empty!
54. How do I access/use the nightly AFS backup? The file I just removed is not appear to be in ~/.backup!
55. Graceful end to killed jobs?
56. Coding strategies when optimizer crashes
57. From Linux/Unix how can I see files on Windows/NT?

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