[darcs-users] darcs hang: infinite recursion?

zooko at zooko.com zooko at zooko.com
Wed Jul 27 16:02:41 UTC 2005


> > Alas, I *can* help explain the scenario.  What you've run into is the
> > infamous O(2^N) behavior of darcs when it encounters certain sorts of
> > conflicts.  The code should eventually complete, but it's possible that our
> > sun will become a red giant before that happens (which would most likely
> > cause darcs to fail).  :(
> 
> Is there a Ticket for this issue? Is there a test case for it?

Judging from traffic on darcs-users and on the #darcs channel on
irc.freenode.net, this is the #1 Frequently Encountered Bug in darcs for the
last couple of months.

It really deserves to be FAQed on the web page, or the wiki, or something.

Regards,

Zooko




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