Hello, A few people have reported crashes when using the built-in SVN client code, especially on Linux (and potentially Windows too, which would be a problem, as we shall see). Thomas identified something strange relating to whether we were using built-in or the system Expat XML parser, and I finally realised the dumb thing I'd done, and have cleaned up the problem. Hence the refactoring that occurred in SimGear last night, so that we cannot (anymore) end up in a situation where we get the Expat headers and symbols from mismatching locations.
The guess/hope is that this was previously causing subtle memory corruption due to internal differences in Expat. However, it can only have been an issue on Linux, not Windows - since Windows will never have a system-supplied version. So, as I've previously asked before, I really need people running from 'next' to try with -DSG_SVN_CLIENT=1 when configuring SimGear, move their existing TerraSync dir out the way, and test, test, test. I'm sure the new code isn't 100% trouble free (in particular I think there is still the occasional time when it gets stuck not doing any more downloads until FG is restarted), but I really don't want to move forwards with the code until I have a bit more assurance it's not going to make everyone's setup crash 80% of the time, which is what some people have reported. Note this applies even if you 'don't use' terrasync since the SVN sync engine is going to be used for other pieces of data as soon as it's stable. (I will be adding a new preference to globally control whether FG works in online/offline mode, of course) Kind regards, James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/20/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
