On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 23:18, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 21:14, Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> ... these hangs *are* the failures of which I speak! Yes, the script >>> doesn't get to declare a failure, but AFAIAC a hanging test (and it >>> isn't the same test # each time) is a failing test. :-D >> >> Was there any outcome of this discussion? I'm asking because I >> can reproduce this very reliably on a little server here. > > I do remember this discussion and recall seeing _no_ outcome. > > I did see the hang myself once or twice but did not and do not have a > reliable reproduction. I have been waiting for somebody to raise the issue > again ;-). > I think I managed to bisect it (between 1.7.6 and 1.7.7): $ git bisect start v1.7.7 v1.7.6 ... $ git bisect good a515ebe9f1ac9bc248c12a291dc008570de505ca is the first bad commit commit a515ebe9f1ac9bc248c12a291dc008570de505ca Author: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat Jul 16 15:03:40 2011 +0200 transport-helper: implement marks location as capability Now that the gitdir location is exported as an environment variable this can be implemented elegantly without requiring any explicit flushes nor an ad-hoc exchange of values. Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> :100644 100644 1ed7a5651ef5a2320c56856b5a1fe784e178ab23 e9c832bfd3da7db771cc2113027d3e590dc51d59 M git-remote-testgit.py :100644 100644 0cfc9ae9059ce121b567406d7941b71cd54b961c 74c3122df1835c45a6b621205fb18b4fc89af366 M transport-helper.c Sadly, I'm going to be able to repeat the test in about 20 hours. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html