Eric Wong wrote:
> This is disconcerting.  Given that hardware is still getting faster, I
> suspect there will be many more problems with the svn tests in the
> future.  I have no plans for upgrading hardware in the near future; so I
> won't be hitting these problems myself.
>
> I'm alright with adding the `sleep 1` in several more places where this
> can be an issue.  If it gets bad enough for people with slower
> computers, I'll probably just create a function that sleeps only if a
> variable is not set (TOO_SLOW_TO_RACE=1 :)
>
> I've been considering rewriting the tests to use the Perl SVN::
> libraries exclusively; but that runs the risk of introducing new bugs.
>   

I've prepared a somewhat cleaner patch that solves the problem without
using sleep. It increases the modification time by one second
immediately prior to each commit. I added calls everywhere I think the
problem could potentially occur.

I've had no failures with the patch (without it, they are quite frequent).

Cheers,
Michael Spang