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Re: Infinite loop in svn

From: <kfogel_at_collab.net>
Date: 2004-01-15 15:31:05 CET

Lübbe Onken <l.onken@rac.de> writes:
> I managed to stumble upon an infinite loop in "svn st" and "svn up"
> and I believe it's a bug.

That does look like a real bug. Can you file this as an issue? Thank
you.

-Karl

> It can be reproduced with either SVN 0.34 or a fresh build of 0.36 on
> a Win2K client. Our Server is still running 0.32.1 (we're waiting for
> 1.0 to make the next step), but the linux 0.32.1 client behaves just
> the same (tried it a few seconds ago). The messages are copy&pasted
> from my windows box.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> - inside a working copy create a blank directory named "test"
> - set the "svn:externals" property on the WC to "test
> http://some.repository/location"
> - type "svn st", lean back and watch the infinite loop go by :-)
>
> --- SNIP ---
> D:\xxx\trunk>svn st
> X test
> M .
>
> Performing status on external item at test
> X test
>
> Performing status on external item at test
> X test
>
> ...Repeat as often as you like...
>
> Performing status on external item at test
> X test
>
> Performing status on external item at test
> svn: The operation was interrupted
> svn: caught SIGINT
> --- SNIP ---
>
> "svn st -N" behaves correctly
>
> checkin doesn't fix the problem
>
> Now it's getting even funnier:
>
>
> --- SNIP ---
> D:\xx\trunk>svn up
>
> Fetching external item into 'test'
> svn: 'test' is not a working copy
> --- SNIP ---
>
> OK, svn is right, so we get rid of 'test'
>
> --- SNIP ---
> D:\xx\trunk>rmdir test
> D:\xx\trunk>svn up
>
> Fetching external item into 'test'
> A test\SVN-Test.txt
> U test
>
> Fetching external item into 'test\test'
> A test\test\SVN-Test.txt
> U test\test
>
> Fetching external item into 'test\test\test'
> A test\test\test\SVN-Test.txt
> U test\test\test
>
> Fetching external item into 'test\test\test\test'
> A test\test\test\test\SVN-Test.txt
> U test\test\test\test
>
> Fetching external item into 'test\test\test\test\test'
> ^C
> D:\xx\trunk>
> --- SNIP ---
>
> What do you make of this?
>
> Cheers
> -Lübbe
>
>
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