From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A8321FF40 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:54:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752540AbcF1LyI (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jun 2016 07:54:08 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:57757 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752096AbcF1Lxt (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jun 2016 07:53:49 -0400 Received: from virtualbox ([37.24.143.100]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MQeET-1auwli0NGn-00U0HK; Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:47:07 +0200 Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:47:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox To: Ioannis.Kappas@rbs.com cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: git svn clone segmentation faul issue In-Reply-To: <0BCA1E695085C645B9CD4A27DD59F6FA39AAD5CF@GBWGCEUHUBD0101.rbsres07.net> Message-ID: References: <0BCA1E695085C645B9CD4A27DD59F6FA39AAD5CF@GBWGCEUHUBD0101.rbsres07.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:jUGoSdKabZHhqB6xJF85n0lhDhUVP+sdylVTyqdz8/FAngp2Q+0 isscbJGdYletgj7caZoW399/w2gJ7rjQKiWahfnz2Vcf7Du3reTPOrJmLSchz+dgnZBNst2 CMdGurpewdSGmAXDceoErpz2PQko7vjNq8vfkOYHtIzAX6FgDC0nCQDoFHwD0G0HYhAxj+M GdrYe41qURAa2ueQfbOTw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:jzOzgjnQOHs=:aN/AnMDRVj6sNksC42SCnY OUUfp77jF5TqwE6NrTPrpTojhc6aPLOciru0BAkgJRQxDQ5MVen/tPdwLEMlc2zmaAZaoBFpW Y7vIcf8e6xmQb/VZPwKM2vv52c45iPrSGkR6d/fD6oqDst/Bcpi8j73SvUTH58hJQkGIQjpYm jXykn88GTgq9yASYZCG2SZdYVXIwGX+KHwZvrzSsJpv/U/6hnmUt1eh3F0WjgtkMMULeXkHvg eR5+Og49PqCZ+dW/rm9E869KO9azqjzjwk4T+gNubSAZnkyLmKmgo0dkisLXE01rv8QKg8587 rwrMSm9VMnslmtt5wrGxuPPe404TWH/Y5Jt78ccQAIO3FA7IPUOsf7M0HQnuKvMfJjsmSCtCS LGAyXWNRrWOUEMt2WbQs1xSeI0G4KINhZDFourruccBh3X2AlSb3UVjLLdvqBu/gwxbiN4sXm J0NV8Zdz+IQHdx7zfNiqwDRDn5fNhDTaLqChLcMCdOCnbnq9xWlF9yHYG1+0AaiZrKzcuTW45 s2YIK/pMnw/owBlJINEk8oR3dxorikrH2CGAgQ/7Iqve7ZLM3n+Jifq1dLh73ipEt2NDJqCQC Fps8KUqi4fwUnJnXe8LDJrOo0fK8hMHLpVAElL9Rk5g8IjeT8w6VfdnXuVfgnXspZM82saqmu Pv+5BBLuiul3HS9vaK0haJRYNH5QVJM3bOJFhAhdc02mr/ZNYnR0B5QDzRssvxn7sr9+6yLb3 T3VsnLGNOnUWM+kvTEkkiUFkKuLPWmrom41ON1ckeo8SBfUlA87ceBc5DO3GDKfwlkMsHfc1k /ofhZbY Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Ioannis, On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, Ioannis.Kappas@rbs.com wrote: > Git can fail with a "malformed index nnn" error or cause a segmentation > fault when executing the "git svn clone" command. > > [...] > > Fortunately, a patch has already been submitted to subversion with > (github) revision a074af86c8764404b28ce99d0bedcb668a321408 (at > https://github.com/apache/subversion/commit/a074af86c8) on the trunk to > handle this and a couple of other similar cases. But by the looks of it > has not been picked up yet in the latest subversion 1.9.4 release or the > 1.9.x branch, perhaps because this patch was identified in sanity checks > rather than coming out from a perceivable production issue? This is an excellent analysis and a silver lining on the horizon to resolve those vexing git svn issues we keep having in Git for Windows. Do you have a test case that is reliably reproducing the issue? > Although this issue is not in the Git source code, I thought reporting > this error here first since it is Git that stresses the subversion perl > bindings in such a level to cause the failure. Perhaps the patch can be > applied first in those git binary releases that include subversion (I > believe Git for windows is such a case) while in the mean time I submit > this case for consideration in the subversion bug tracking system. Yes, absolutely. Thank you for reporting this! > The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Oh. I am sorry! > This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. This footer does not make much sense when sending a mail to a public mailing list ;-) Ciao, Johannes