On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Paul Burba <ptburba_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> XFAIL update_tests.py 32: update wc on the root of a Windows (virtual) drive.
>
> It fails, which we expect, but triggers an SVN_ERR_ASSERT(). The fix
> for this is r36049-r36051 and r36131, which are nominated for
> inclusion in 1.6.1. This test fails without incident in 1.5.x, but I
> am able to get an abort (rather than an SVN_ERR_ASSERT which is new in
> 1.6) with 1.5.6, so this is not a regression. Also, the situation is
> fairly uncommon, you must simultaneously commit multiple WCs whose
> common parent is the root of a drive; so the workaround is simple,
> commit them individually. Given all this, I don't believe it should
> hold up the release.
>
No desire to hold up the release train, but this is rather more common than
you think. Our Windows developers build off of a "subst" K: drive. the source
tree includes externals in the top level and in the next few levels.
Committing from "K:\" triggers this.
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