The document is updated periodically, I expect you just had the wrong _rev?

On 2 March 2012 12:25, Stefan Kögl <koeglstefan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Again something I noticed during my 1.2.x experiments: It seems I
> can't update or remove a document from the _replicator database, which
> I use for pull-replication into my 1.2.x instance.
>
> # get current _rev
> $ curl http://127.0.0.1:5984/_replicator/mygpo
> {"_id":"mygpo","_rev":"131-57b4da8d3163468cb0bbf4fd30c87832","source":"************************","target":"http://127.0.0.1:5984/mygpo","create_target":false,"continuous":true,"user_ctx":{"name":"stefan","roles":["admin"]},"owner":"stefan","_replication_state":"triggered","_replication_state_time":"2012-03-02T02:56:12+00:00","_replication_id":"f9fc5457b278d3cdb1ba2f1881253b04"}
>
> # try to delete
> $ curl -X DELETE
> "http://127.0.0.1:5984/_replicator/mygpo?_rev=131-57b4da8d3163468cb0bbf4fd30c87832"
> {"error":"conflict","reason":"Document update conflict."}
>
> # try to update
> $ cat replication.json
> {
>    "_id": "mygpo",
>    "_rev": "131-57b4da8d3163468cb0bbf4fd30c87832",
>    "_deleted": true,
>    "source": "************************",
>    "target": "http://stefan:********@127.0.0.1:5984/mygpo",
>    "create_target": false,
>    "continuous": true,
>    "user_ctx": {
>        "name": "stefan",
>        "roles": ["admin"]
>    }
> }
>
> $ curl -X PUT "http://127.0.0.1:5984/_replicator/mygpo" -d @replication.json
> {"error":"conflict","reason":"Document update conflict."}
>
> # check if rev has been updated in the meantime (but it hasn't)
> $ curl http://127.0.0.1:5984/_replicator/mygpo
> {"_id":"mygpo","_rev":"131-57b4da8d3163468cb0bbf4fd30c87832","source":"************************","target":"http://127.0.0.1:5984/mygpo","create_target":false,"continuous":true,"user_ctx":{"name":"stefan","roles":["admin"]},"owner":"stefan","_replication_state":"triggered","_replication_state_time":"2012-03-02T02:56:12+00:00","_replication_id":"f9fc5457b278d3cdb1ba2f1881253b04"}
>
>
> Did I just spot a bug or am I simply doing something wrong? I tried to
> find any clues in [1], which seems to be a semi-official
> documentation, but without luck.
>
>
> -- Stefan
>
>
> [1] https://gist.github.com/832610