Re: [issue #2723] 'diff' output, and handling chdir() in multi-threaded applications

On 3/2/07, Daniel Rall <dlr@collab.net> wrote:

> If use of chdir() is unsafe for multi-threaded applications, would
> anyone mind if I added an API to allow control over the file
> references in Subversion's 'diff' output? If not, how should this new
> API inter-op with URLs?

chdir is totally unsafe in a multi-threaded application. It is
essentially modifying global state for which there is no conceivable
way to do appropriate locking. I don't see any problem with a new API
to control the behavior, although I have no clue how to make it
inter-op with URLs.

-garrett

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Received on Sat Mar 3 00:00:39 2007