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Re: modifyng symlinks

From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:41:03 +0200

Daniel Shahaf wrote on Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 07:12:46 +0200:
> Marc Schlinger wrote on Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:52:52 +0000:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using :
> >
> > svn, version 1.7.7 (r1393599)
> > compiled Nov 7 2012, 19:23:31
> >
> > on a debian host.
> >
> > I am trying to create and apply a patch on a repos with the new svn commands: svn diff and svn patch.
> >
> > The commit is, for what matters, changing the target of a symlink.
> > The patch section related to my symlink looks like this:
> >
> >
> > Modified: folder/symlink
> > ===================================================================
> > --- folder/symlink 2012-10-18 10:56:32 UTC (rev 76023)
> > +++ folder/symlink 2012-10-18 11:25:32 UTC (rev 76024)
> > @@ -1 +1 @@
> > -link file
> > \ No newline at end of file
> > +link other_file
> > \ No newline at end of file
> >
> >
> > Since I'm on a linux host my symlink file is really a symlink.
> > This way "svn patch" is actually trying to modify "folder/file" instead of editing file pointed by "folder/symlink".
> >
> > Is this a known behaviour ?
> >
>
> I don't recall a previous report of this, and I can reproduce it with trunk:
>
> % $svn patch 1
> subversion/svn/patch-cmd.c:91: (apr_err=2)
> subversion/libsvn_client/patch.c:2987: (apr_err=2)
> subversion/libsvn_client/patch.c:2892: (apr_err=2)
> subversion/libsvn_client/patch.c:1915: (apr_err=2)
> subversion/libsvn_client/patch.c:919: (apr_err=2)
> subversion/libsvn_subr/io.c:3193: (apr_err=2)
> svn: E000002: Can't open file '/home/danielsh/src/svn/t1/wc/iota': No such file or directory
> zsh: exit 1 $svn patch 1
>
> (where the patch changes "link foo" to "link bar" in the file ^/iota)
>

I've added a regression test for this: http://svn.apache.org/r1409652

>
> > Regards,
> > Marc Schlinger
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
Received on 2012-11-15 06:41:43 CET

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