(One possibility: it is an OS X race condition that is almost
impossible to trigger; Norton slows things down enough so that it is
much more likely.)
--dave
On 11/14/07, David Glasser <glasser@davidglasser.net> wrote:
> Ben, Augie: can you try running Eric's program?
>
> --dave
>
> On 11/14/07, Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com> wrote:
> > And I've seen this bug once in a while and I don't even own Norton...
> >
> > On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:00 PM, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> >
> > > Uh, I've had my Norton Autoprotect switched off since day 1.....
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 13, 2007 6:12 PM, Eric Gillespie <epg@google.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Eric Gillespie <epg@google.com> writes:
> > >>
> > >>> Anyone with a Mac, please try this test program.
> > >>>
> > >>> - save it as bug.c
> > >>> - make bug
> > >>> - cp -r $svn_trunk/build data
> > >>> - while :; do rm -rf work; ./bug; done
> > >>>
> > >>> Let us know what happens. On one particular Mac we have, we get
> > >>> the random 0 byte files:
> > >>>
> > >>> work/gen_base.py 0 != 39113, unlink_error=2
> > >>> work/get-py-info.py 0 != 4255, unlink_error=2
> > >>> work/vc6-build.bat.in 0 != 5630, unlink_error=2
> > >>> work/gen_make.py 0 != 20457, unlink_error=2
> > >>> work/svn_config.vcproj.ezt 0 != 2515, unlink_error=2
> > >>> work/swig.m4 0 != 9023, unlink_error=2
> > >>> work/serf.dsp.ezt 0 != 2912, unlink_error=2
> > >>> ...
> > >>
> > >> Glasser is the man, as usual! He figured out that it is
> > >> triggered by having "Norton AutoProtect" running. I've filed a
> > >> bug with Apple, including everything necessary to reproduce.
> > >>
> > >> Now, what should *we* do about it? Maybe:
> > >>
> > >> - Add a FAQ entry
> > >> - Stop unlinking files we know don't exist
> > >> We know whether the rename failed or not; only unlink if so.
> > >> We should probably audit other del_on_pool_cleanup use, and,
> > >> for that matter, all unlink calls.
> > >>
> > >>
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