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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:23:35 +0000
From: Julian Foad <julianfoad@btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Re: 1.7.19 and 1.8.11 [was: svn commit: r1645547 - in
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Branko =C4=8Cibej wrote:=0A=0A> On 15.12.2014 04:30, Ben Reser wrote:=0A>> =
 On 12/14/14 6:11 PM, Branko =C4=8Cibej wrote:=0A>>>  As you've all seen, I=
 voted against releasing 1.7.19 and 1.8.11, because=0A>>>  the DAV tests do=
n't work with HTTPd 2.4+, which is the system default on=0A>>>  the latest =
version of OSX. I'd be surprised if OSX is the exception; it=0A>>>  seems t=
o depend not just on the HTTPd version but also on the configured=0A>>>  MP=
M.=0A>>> =0A>>>  I found that we've had the fix on trunk in davautocheck.sh=
 for over a=0A>>>  year, and have proposed to backport it to 1.7.x and 1.8.=
x; it's a clean=0A>>>  merge.=0A>>> =0A>>>  I therefore propose that we scr=
atch the 1.7.19 and 1.8.11 releases,=0A>>>  approve the backport and roll 1=
.7.20 and 1.8.12 with the fix included.=0A>> =0A>>  I don't disagree we sho=
uld fix this.=C2=A0 But it's not a regression.=0A> =0A> No, it isn't, which=
 is why I wrote "vote against", not "veto". But it's=0A> an easily-fixed nu=
isance. ISTR Julian mentioned he had similar=0A> intermittent problems on L=
inux ... which might nor might not have the=0A> same cause.=0A=0ASince upgr=
ading to Ubuntu 14.04 which has httpd 2.4, I found 'davautocheck' fails at =
the configuration checking stage:=0A=0A=C2=A0 AH00534: apache2: Configurati=
on error: No MPM loaded.=0A=C2=A0 davautocheck.sh: Configuration file didn'=
t pass the check, most likely=0A=C2=A0 modules couldn't be loaded=0A=0AOn=
=0A bypassing the checks in davautocheck.sh, httpd failed to start. At one =
point while experimenting with these things, the OS crash reporter reported=
 that httpd had crashed, but I don't know which attempt that was.=0A=0AI tr=
ied going back to Subversion 1.8.8 and 1.8.0 they fail in the same way.=0A=
=0ASetting=0A 'APACHE_MPM=3Dworker' made the test suite work and pass all t=
ests. Although it's nice if everything works automatically, this is good =
=0Aenough for me.=0A=0ALater I tried with 'prefork', and that works too, an=
d all tests pass. But with 'APACHE_MPM=3Devent', usually (but not always) s=
ome tests fail (for example, one or more of: externals_tests.py 2 5 7 12 15=
; merge_automatic_tests.py 13).=0A=0ADoes that appear to be the same issue =
you found? =0A=0AYou also reported:=0A> =C2=A0 - Two swig-rb tests fail:=0A=
> =0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 -- SvnClientTest#test_diff=0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 -- SvnCli=
entTest#test_diff_peg=0A> =0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 It looks like these tests shou=
ld use the --internal-diff flag,=0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 or create their own conf=
ig directory; i.e., this is a bug in=0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the tests rather tha=
n in the bindings.=0A> =0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (My default svn config sets diff-=
cmd to colorize the diff output,=0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 which causes the r=
egular expressions in the test to not match.)=0A=0AThe=0A swig-rb tests use=
 the Subversion configuration in the user's home =0Adirectory and fail or b=
ehave differently if you have certain settings =0Athere. (In my case, Subve=
rsion 'diff' pops up a GUI.) They should =0Ainstead use their own config di=
r.=0A=0AI tried with various 1.8.x tags and found this problem was introduc=
ed in 1.8.9.=0A=0AI worked around that problem by setting environment varia=
ble 'HOME' to a temporary directory.=0A=0A- Julian