Help upderstanding error while updating ripe mntner object ...

Hi Thomas,

Could you please send the full acknowledgement message to <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>,
so that we can track the problem.

Thanks,

Engin Gunduz
RIPE NCC Database Group


On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Thomas C. Knoeller wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> Sorry to waste bandwidth, but I was wondering if someone could explain to me
> this error I am getting while trying to update an object in the ripe database.
> 
> I am updating a maintainer object, and it seems to get past the authentication
> state (pgp auth), and the parsing state, but gives me the error:
> 
>     ==== BEGIN PGP SIGNED PART (keyID(s): C9DD67B0) ====
> 
>     Update FAILED: [mntner] GBLX-RIPE-MNT
>     ***Error: Object is referenced from other objects
>     ==== END PGP SIGNED PART ====
> 
> Since this is the maintainer object for the rest of my objects in the
> database, I would think having it references from other objects would be a
> good thing.  Can you help me understand what I am missing here?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Tom
>