Mark, See comment below.
Frank Perdicaro, frank.perdic...@hp.com Inkjet Solutions Workflow Engineer AFP Integration, HQ RIP Details HP IHPS Corvallis (541) 715-3129 > -----Original Message----- > From: Cooke, Mark [mailto:mark.co...@siemens.com] > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 8:29 AM > To: Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis); users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: RE: Assertion failure in 1.7.3 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis) > > [mailto:frank.perdic...@hp.com] > > Sent: 24 September 2012 15:55 > > To: Cooke, Mark; users@subversion.apache.org > > Subject: RE: Assertion failure in 1.7.3 > > > > Mark, > > > > Please see comments in-line. > > ditto > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cooke, Mark [mailto:mark.co...@siemens.com] > > > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 1:49 AM > > > To: Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis); > > users@subversion.apache.org > > > Subject: RE: Assertion failure in 1.7.3 > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis) > > > > [mailto:frank.perdic...@hp.com] > > > > Sent: 22 September 2012 01:06 > > > > To: users@subversion.apache.org > > > > Subject: Assertion failure in 1.7.3 > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your work on Subversion. > > > > It crashed on my Win7 Pro SP1 machine (12 core Xeon5690, > > > > 48GB) while trying to connect for the first time to a new head. > > > > > > Wow, nice system! What do you mean by "a new head"? > > [Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis)] > > Not a new toilet! A co-worker of mine made a new > > repository; I had never connected. This was my first connection. > > Perhaps the better phrasing would be 'first connection to the main > > trunk of a brand new repository'. > > Thanks for clarifying. > > > The system is an HP Z800 configured to be an emulator of an > > HP G7 blade system. We have several of these configured > > for doing analysis of high-speed PDL (page description > > language) processing. It is dual-boot and has the high-speed > > dual-disk RAID -- 4 disks total. Yes, a nice > > PC. MSRP is like a new car. > > > > > > My name is more than 8 chars long, so it gets remapped with a ~1. > > > > (The 8.3 file naming format -- with all its problems -- is > > > > now old enough to collect Social Security. It cannot die > > > > soon enough for me.) > > > > > > While I agree with your comments ref 8.3, we use quite a few paths > > > longer than 8 characters without problems (although I'm still on XP > > > but use Win7 at home). I suspect that is not the problem. > > [Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis)] > > > > I suspect it is the problem. The COE (corporate operating > > environment) here cuts my name down all the time. This > > results in mismatches fairly often. To me it looks like a > > mismatch between the actual name and the GUID-like name. > > Eventually a null pointer results... > > > > > > Of course there is no such actual directory, so we get the error > > > > message > > > > > > > > 'C:\Users\lngnam~1\AppData\Local\Temp' is not a working copy > > > > > > > > Then the crash: > > > > > > > > --------------------------- > > > > Subversion Exception! > > > > --------------------------- > > > > Subversion encountered a serious problem. > > > > Please take the time to report this on the Subversion mailing list > > > > > > Thanks for doing this > > > > > > > with as much information as possible about what you were > > trying to do. > > > > > > ...but this would help. What was the command(s) you tried > > that failed? > > [Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis)] > > See above > > So you were trying to do a new checkout of a new repository into > 'C:\Users\lngnam~1\AppData\Local\Temp'? > > The text "is not a working copy" indicates you possibly selected 'update' > instead of checkout? [Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis)] Not quite right. I was trying to do a get(checkout) into C:/Users/perdicaro/work/RIP/hhr/dave_test2 At no point did I do anything with AppData or Local or Temp. But Windows was doing its typical "I know better than you" thing. And it crashed. > > > > > > > > But please first search the mailing list archives for the error > > > > message to avoid reporting the same problem repeatedly. > > > > You can find the mailing list archives at > > > > http://subversion.apache.org/mailing-lists.html > > > > > > Did you do this bit? TortoiseSVN has its own mailing list too. > > [Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis)] > > Apparently not. I followed the directions in the GUI which > > was displaying the error. > > ...this is the text you copied from that GUI <insert smiley here> No worries. > > > > > Subversion reported the following > > > > (you can copy the content of this dialog to the clipboard using > > > > Ctrl-C): > > > > > > > > In file > > > > > > > > 'D:\Development\SVN\Releases\TortoiseSVN- > 1.7.3\ext\subversion\subversion\libsvn_wc\wc_db.c' > > > > line 11679: assertion failed (svn_dirent_is_absolute(local_abspath)) > > > > --------------------------- > > > > OK > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > Note that 1.7.3 (Dec 2011) is now 6 revisions out of date, > > > can you try again with 1.7.9 (30th August 2012) and see if > > > it still fails? > > [Perdicaro, Frank (GSB-IHPS-Corvallis)] > > > > Not so easy. Sure the update is easy, but not making a new > > repository. I will keep this in mind. > > This looks to be a client issue, so updating the server is not required. BTW, > what version is the server running? > > Cheers, > > ~ Mark C