dirstate cannot handle versioned files that become fifo's.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazaar |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Robert Collins | ||
| 2.0 |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Robert Collins | ||
Bug Description
I did cd /etc; bzr init; bzr add *; bzr ci -m initial several days ago.
Today I did an bzr diff /etc and it gave me:
# bzr diff /etc/
bzr: ERROR: exceptions.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/
ret = run(*run_argv)
File "/usr/lib/
return self.run(
File "/usr/lib/
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/
extra_
File "/usr/lib/
return differ.
File "/usr/lib/
return self._show_
File "/usr/lib/
executable) in sorted(iterator, key=changes_key):
File "_dirstate_
File "_dirstate_
File "_dirstate_
File "_dirstate_
Exception: unknown kind fifo
bzr 1.18.1 on python 2.6 (linux2)
arguments: ['/usr/bin/bzr', 'diff', '/etc/']
encoding: 'UTF-8', fsenc: 'UTF-8', lang: 'de_DE.UTF-8'
plugins:
launchpad /usr/lib/
netrc_
qbzr /usr/lib/
*** Bazaar has encountered an internal error.
Please report a bug at https:/
including this traceback, and a description of what you
were doing when the error occurred.
# bzr version
Bazaar (bzr) 1.18.1
Python interpreter: /usr/bin/python 2.6
Python standard library: /usr/lib/python2.6
bzrlib: /usr/lib/
Bazaar configuration: /root/.bazaar
Bazaar log file: /root/.bzr.log
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Related branches
- John A Meinel: Approve
- Vincent Ladeuil: Approve
-
Diff: 101 lines5 files modifiedNEWS (+3/-0)
bzrlib/_dirstate_helpers_pyx.pyx (+3/-1)
bzrlib/dirstate.py (+3/-1)
bzrlib/inventory.py (+1/-1)
bzrlib/tests/per_intertree/test_compare.py (+34/-0)
| John A Meinel (jameinel) wrote Re: [Bug 438569] [NEW] bzr gives internal error on fifo | #1 |
| Changed in bzr: | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| tags: | added: dirstate |
| Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote | #2 |
| summary: |
- bzr gives internal error on fifo + dirstate cannot handle versioned files that become fifo's. |
| Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in bzr: | |
| importance: | High → Medium |
| Changed in bzr: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
| assignee: | nobody → Robert Collins (lifeless) |
| Changed in bzr: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Changed in bzr: | |
| milestone: | none → 2.1.0b1 |
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Felix Möller wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I did cd /etc; bzr init; bzr add *; bzr ci -m initial several days ago.
>
> Today I did an bzr diff /etc and it gave me:
> # bzr diff /etc/
> bzr: ERROR: exceptions.
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/
> return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib/
> ret = run(*run_argv)
> File "/usr/lib/
> return self.run(
> File "/usr/lib/
> result = func(*args, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib/
> extra_trees=
> File "/usr/lib/
> return differ.
> File "/usr/lib/
> return self._show_
> File "/usr/lib/
> executable) in sorted(iterator, key=changes_key):
> File "_dirstate_
> File "_dirstate_
> File "_dirstate_
> File "_dirstate_
> Exception: unknown kind fifo
>
Interesting. My best guess is that you added something that used to be a
file, and has since turned into a FIFO. (We automatically skip over FIFO
during add, but something at a given path can always turn into something
else.)
Thanks for the report.
status confirmed
importance high
John
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