From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:06:58 GMT Subject: Re: t5800-*.sh: Intermittent test failures Message-ID: <7vpqjgyvn1.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Sverre Rabbelier writes: > Heya, > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 20:30, Ramsay Jones wrote: >> The git-fast-import is hung in the read() syscall waiting for data which will >> never arrive. This is because the git(fast-export) process, started by the above >> git(push), executes (producing it's data on stdout) and completes successfully >> and exits *before* the above git-fast-import process starts. >> >> I haven't looked to see how the git(fast-export)/git-fast-import processes are >> plumbed together, but there seems to be a synchronization problem somewhere ... > > This seems odd, before the fast-export process is even started it's > stdout are wired to the stdin of the helper (and thus the fast-import > process). What indication do you have that fast-import hasn't started > and that fast-export has finished? > > Also, you say git remote-test everywhere, but it should be git > remote-testgit, typo? FWIW, I have been seeing this every once in a while.