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Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by Martin Tomes <li...@tomes.org> on 2004/04/21 13:30:30 UTC

Win32 NTFS Junction bug

Please don't ask why but one of my colleagues working copy is in a subst to an NTFS Junction which 
points to the real files.  I said don't ask:-(

Basically Subversion really doesn't like this, probably in good taste:-) but it ought to either work 
or fail more gracefully:

I:\>svn update
U  confwiz\Dynisco\wiz1390.uiz
svn: In directory ''
svn: Error processing command 'modify-wcprop' in ''
svn: '' is not a working copy

I:\: => C:\sources\itools\itools

C:\sources\itools>junction itools

Junction v1.02 - Win2K junction creator and reparse point viewer
Copyright (C) 2000 Mark Russinovich
Systems Internals - http://www.sysinternals.com

C:\sources\itools\itools: JUNCTION
    Substitute Name: \??\d:\RedirectedFromSourcesOnCDrive\iTools\itools

Should this be added to issuezilla?

-- 
Martin Tomes
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  | sed -e 's/ x /\./g' -e 's/ at /@/'


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Re: Win32 NTFS Junction bug

Posted by Branko Čibej <br...@xbc.nu>.
Juanma Barranquero wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:46:31 -0400
>John Peacock <jp...@rowman.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Seriously, I suspect the SUBST is more likely the cause of the problem than the 
>>junction (the latter being at a much deeper layer of the OS).
>>    
>>
>
>See this thread on the users' list:
>http://www.contactor.se/~dast/svnusers/archive-2004-02/1367.shtml
>
>Seems like a problem with APR and NTFS junction points. I don't use
>SUBST and I'm unable to have a WC on a junction (you can have a WC on a
>dir under a junction, though).
>  
>
No, it's a problem with Subversion not allowing symlinks to WC 
directories (as opposed to symlinks _in_ WC directories). Or at least it 
used not to; that may have been fixed in HEAD.

-- Brane


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Re: Win32 NTFS Junction bug

Posted by Juanma Barranquero <jm...@wke.es>.
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:46:31 -0400
John Peacock <jp...@rowman.com> wrote:

> Seriously, I suspect the SUBST is more likely the cause of the problem than the 
> junction (the latter being at a much deeper layer of the OS).

See this thread on the users' list:
http://www.contactor.se/~dast/svnusers/archive-2004-02/1367.shtml

Seems like a problem with APR and NTFS junction points. I don't use
SUBST and I'm unable to have a WC on a junction (you can have a WC on a
dir under a junction, though).

                                                                Juanma



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Re: Win32 NTFS Junction bug

Posted by John Peacock <jp...@rowman.com>.
Martin Tomes wrote:

> Please don't ask why but one of my colleagues working copy is in a subst 
> to an NTFS Junction which points to the real files.  I said don't ask:-(
> 

	Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this!

	Doctor: Then don't do that!

Seriously, I suspect the SUBST is more likely the cause of the problem than the 
junction (the latter being at a much deeper layer of the OS).

John

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