On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 09:43:12PM -0500, A. Wilcox wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi there, > > While bumping Git's version for our Linux distribution to 2.14.1, I've > run in to a new test failure in t6500-gc.sh. This is the output of > the failing test with debug=t verbose=t: This is a new test introduced by c45af94db (gc: run pre-detach operations under lock, 2017-07-11) which was included in v2.14.0. So it might be that this was already a problem for a longer time, only just recently uncovered. > > > expecting success: > # make sure we run a background auto-gc > test_commit make-pack && > git repack && > test_config gc.autopacklimit 1 && > test_config gc.autodetach true && > > # create a ref whose loose presence we can use to detect a > pack-refs run > git update-ref refs/heads/should-be-loose HEAD && > test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/should-be-loose && > > # now fake a concurrent gc that holds the lock; we can use our > # shell pid so that it looks valid. > hostname=$(hostname || echo unknown) && > printf "$$ %s" "$hostname" >.git/gc.pid && > > # our gc should exit zero without doing anything > run_and_wait_for_auto_gc && > test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/should-be-loose > > [master 28ecdda] make-pack > Author: A U Thor <author@xxxxxxxxxxx> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > create mode 100644 make-pack.t > Counting objects: 3, done. > Delta compression using up to 8 threads. > Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done. > Writing objects: 100% (3/3), done. > Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) > Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance. > See "git help gc" for manual housekeeping. > File .git/refs/heads/should-be-loose doesn't exist. > not ok 8 - background auto gc respects lock for all operations > # > # # make sure we run a background auto-gc > # test_commit make-pack && > # git repack && > # test_config gc.autopacklimit 1 && > # test_config gc.autodetach true && > # > # # create a ref whose loose presence we can use to > detect a pack-refs run > # git update-ref refs/heads/should-be-loose HEAD && > # test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/should-be-loose && > # > # # now fake a concurrent gc that holds the lock; we can > use our > # # shell pid so that it looks valid. > # hostname=$(hostname || echo unknown) && > # printf "$$ %s" "$hostname" >.git/gc.pid && > # > # # our gc should exit zero without doing anything > # run_and_wait_for_auto_gc && > # test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/should-be-loose > # > > # failed 1 among 8 test(s) > 1..8 > > > I admit I am mostly blind with the Git gc system. Should I use strace > on the git-gc process at the end? How would I accomplish that? Is > there a better way of debugging this error further? > > Core system stats: > > Intel x86_64 E3-1280 v3 @ 3.60 GHz > musl libc 1.1.16+20 > git 2.14.1, vanilla except for a patch to an earlier test due to > musl's inability to cope with EUC-JP > bash 4.3.48(1)-release > > Thank you very much. > > All the best, > - --arw > > - -- > A. Wilcox (awilfox) > Project Lead, Adélie Linux > http://adelielinux.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJZuz4yAAoJEMspy1GSK50UORwP/0Jxfp3xzexh27tSJlXYWS/g > g9QK8Xmid+3A0R696Vb2GguKg2roCcTmM2anR7iD1B2f2W31sgf+8M5mnJRHyJ1p > geEeqwrTdpCk6jQ/1Pj03L0NOftb1ftR6hcoVujBFAOph4jRlRdZDPA87fe6snrh > q99C3LoDXQcyK6WWJwzX+t2wOplKgpGJP8wTAaZ0AHoUwVS5CLPl8tP2XaY4kLfD > ZPPcvtp9wisVzzZ2ssE/CLGd38EbenNNZ6OJCBFJIHmlwey4G2isZ9kk6fVIHXi2 > unBJ8yVqI7hQKmQFSVQMMSFSd9azhHnDjTBO5mzWeRK9HNVMda3LZsXTtVeswnRs > lN/ASMdt5KdfpNy/plFB7yDWLlQSQY7j1mxBMR8lL3AdVVQUbJppDM795tt+rn6a > NCE2ESZMWd/QEULmT92AbkNJTj5ibBEoubnVTka05KMjaBLwIauhpqU5XxLFq2UH > y3JYQU9hm0E7dQE0CLXxIm5/574T6bBUgp1cXH3CjxkeUYKR1USVKtDfBV6t/Qmt > xlDZKPEfjKbTvL3KUF33G+eAp55wTwrJTaWlOp8A/JqooXavYghcsuFhYtCPJ8qo > fFUa8kBZP70E/O7JkycUu8wi7p42+j1a8gR6/AnPG2u2wyoiosLCxHX+nll4gKmN > b6BuiRn0Z9ie5xw4xcMR > =Vf8Z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----