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Re: Binary blob corruption

From: Skylar Thompson <skylar.thompson_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:27:12 -0700

On 6/1/2012 6:31 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 06:00:31AM -0700, Skylar Thompson wrote:
>> I'm trying to track down a bizarre binary blob corruption issue. I'm
>> running svn v1.7.3 on FreeBSD, and I can replicate the corruption issue
>> with the file access method on a fresh repository. Basically I create a
>> new repository, "ls -l" the file before committing, remove the file, and
>> then update. An "ls -l" at that point shows that the file has shrunk.
>> I've attached a script file that demonstrates this.
>>
>> Any ideas for how I can track this down? I'm sure I'm missing a client
>> option or something.
>>
>> Thanks a bunch!
>
> I cannot reproduce the problem you describe.
>
> Did you compile the port with FreeBSD's custom keyword patch?
> I mean this one:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/devel/subversion/files/extra-patch-enhanced-keyword?rev=1.3;content-type=text%2Fplain
> If so, can you reproduce the problem without this patch?

This pointer got me to thinking that I should just disable keyword
substitution on these commits. I removed the svn:keywords property from
the corrupted files, and I can now commit them without problems. Thanks
for the tip!

Skylar
Received on 2012-06-04 05:27:54 CEST

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