view tests/test-up-local-change.t @ 20742:3681de20b0a7

parsers: fail fast if Python has wrong minor version (issue4110)

This change causes an informative ImportError to be raised when importing
the parsers extension module if the minor version of the currently-running
Python interpreter doesn't match that of the Python used when compiling
the extension module.

This change also exposes a parsers.versionerrortext constant in the
C implementation of the module.  Its presence can be used to determine
whether this behavior is present in a version of the module.  The value
of the constant is the leading text of the ImportError raised and is set
to "Python minor version mismatch".

Here is an example of what the new error looks like:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
      import mercurial.parsers
  ImportError: Python minor version mismatch: The Mercurial extension
  modules were compiled with Python 2.7.6, but Mercurial is currently using
  Python with sys.hexversion=33883888: Python 2.5.6
  (r256:88840, Nov 18 2012, 05:37:10)
  [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.1 ((tags/Apple/clang-421.11.66))]
   at: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/
    Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python

The reason for raising an error in this scenario is that Python's C API
is known not to be compatible from minor version to minor version, even
if sys.api_version is the same.  See for example this Python bug report
about incompatibilities between 2.5 and 2.6+:

  http://bugs.python.org/issue8118

These incompatibilities can cause Mercurial to break in mysterious,
unforeseen ways.  For example, when Mercurial compiled with Python 2.7 was
run with 2.5, the following crash occurred when running "hg status":

  http://bz.selenic.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4110

After this crash was fixed, running with Python 2.5 no longer crashes, but
the following puzzling behavior still occurs:

    $ hg status
      ...
      File ".../mercurial/changelog.py", line 123, in __init__
        revlog.revlog.__init__(self, opener, "00changelog.i")
      File ".../mercurial/revlog.py", line 251, in __init__
        d = self._io.parseindex(i, self._inline)
      File ".../mercurial/revlog.py", line 158, in parseindex
        index, cache = parsers.parse_index2(data, inline)
    TypeError: data is not a string

which can be reproduced more simply with:

    import mercurial.parsers as parsers
    parsers.parse_index2("", True)

Both the crash and the TypeError occurred because the Python C API's
PyString_Check() returns the wrong value when the C header files from
Python 2.7 are run with Python 2.5.  This is an example of an
incompatibility of the sort mentioned in the Python bug report above.

Failing fast with an informative error message results in a better user
experience in cases like the above.  The information in the ImportError
also simplifies troubleshooting for those on Mercurial mailing lists, the
bug tracker, etc.

This patch only adds the version check to parsers.c, which is sufficient
to affect command-line commands like "hg status" and "hg summary".
An idea for a future improvement is to move the version-checking C code
to a more central location, and have it run when importing all
Mercurial extension modules and not just parsers.c.

  $ HGMERGE=true; export HGMERGE

  $ hg init r1
  $ cd r1
  $ echo a > a
  $ hg addremove
  adding a
  $ hg commit -m "1"

  $ hg clone . ../r2
  updating to branch default
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ cd ../r2
  $ hg up
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo abc > a
  $ hg diff --nodates
  diff -r c19d34741b0a a
  --- a/a
  +++ b/a
  @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
  -a
  +abc

  $ cd ../r1
  $ echo b > b
  $ echo a2 > a
  $ hg addremove
  adding b
  $ hg commit -m "2"

  $ cd ../r2
  $ hg -q pull ../r1
  $ hg status
  M a
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   0:c19d34741b0a
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     1
  
  $ hg --debug up
    searching for copies back to rev 1
    unmatched files in other:
     b
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: False, force: False, partial: False
   ancestor: c19d34741b0a, local: c19d34741b0a+, remote: 1e71731e6fbb
   a: versions differ -> m
    preserving a for resolve of a
   b: remote created -> g
  getting b
  updating: b 1/2 files (50.00%)
  updating: a 2/2 files (100.00%)
  picked tool 'true' for a (binary False symlink False)
  merging a
  my a@c19d34741b0a+ other a@1e71731e6fbb ancestor a@c19d34741b0a
  1 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   1:1e71731e6fbb
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     2
  
  $ hg --debug up 0
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: False, force: False, partial: False
   ancestor: 1e71731e6fbb, local: 1e71731e6fbb+, remote: c19d34741b0a
   b: other deleted -> r
   a: versions differ -> m
    preserving a for resolve of a
  removing b
  updating: b 1/2 files (50.00%)
  updating: a 2/2 files (100.00%)
  picked tool 'true' for a (binary False symlink False)
  merging a
  my a@1e71731e6fbb+ other a@c19d34741b0a ancestor a@1e71731e6fbb
  0 files updated, 1 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   0:c19d34741b0a
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     1
  
  $ hg --debug merge
  abort: nothing to merge
  (use 'hg update' instead)
  [255]
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   0:c19d34741b0a
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     1
  
  $ hg --debug up
    searching for copies back to rev 1
    unmatched files in other:
     b
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: False, force: False, partial: False
   ancestor: c19d34741b0a, local: c19d34741b0a+, remote: 1e71731e6fbb
   a: versions differ -> m
    preserving a for resolve of a
   b: remote created -> g
  getting b
  updating: b 1/2 files (50.00%)
  updating: a 2/2 files (100.00%)
  picked tool 'true' for a (binary False symlink False)
  merging a
  my a@c19d34741b0a+ other a@1e71731e6fbb ancestor a@c19d34741b0a
  1 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   1:1e71731e6fbb
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     2
  
  $ hg -v history
  changeset:   1:1e71731e6fbb
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  files:       a b
  description:
  2
  
  
  changeset:   0:c19d34741b0a
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  files:       a
  description:
  1
  
  
  $ hg diff --nodates
  diff -r 1e71731e6fbb a
  --- a/a
  +++ b/a
  @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
  -a2
  +abc


create a second head

  $ cd ../r1
  $ hg up 0
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo b2 > b
  $ echo a3 > a
  $ hg addremove
  adding b
  $ hg commit -m "3"
  created new head

  $ cd ../r2
  $ hg -q pull ../r1
  $ hg status
  M a
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   1:1e71731e6fbb
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     2
  
  $ hg --debug up
  abort: uncommitted changes
  (commit and merge, or update --clean to discard changes)
  [255]
  $ hg --debug merge
  abort: uncommitted changes
  (use 'hg status' to list changes)
  [255]
  $ hg --debug merge -f
    searching for copies back to rev 1
    unmatched files new in both:
     b
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: True, force: True, partial: False
   ancestor: c19d34741b0a, local: 1e71731e6fbb+, remote: 83c51d0caff4
   a: versions differ -> m
    preserving a for resolve of a
   b: versions differ -> m
    preserving b for resolve of b
  updating: a 1/2 files (50.00%)
  picked tool 'true' for a (binary False symlink False)
  merging a
  my a@1e71731e6fbb+ other a@83c51d0caff4 ancestor a@c19d34741b0a
  updating: b 2/2 files (100.00%)
  picked tool 'true' for b (binary False symlink False)
  merging b
  my b@1e71731e6fbb+ other b@83c51d0caff4 ancestor b@000000000000
  0 files updated, 2 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   1:1e71731e6fbb
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     2
  
  changeset:   2:83c51d0caff4
  tag:         tip
  parent:      0:c19d34741b0a
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     3
  
  $ hg diff --nodates
  diff -r 1e71731e6fbb a
  --- a/a
  +++ b/a
  @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
  -a2
  +abc


test a local add

  $ cd ..
  $ hg init a
  $ hg init b
  $ echo a > a/a
  $ echo a > b/a
  $ hg --cwd a commit -A -m a
  adding a
  $ cd b
  $ hg add a
  $ hg pull -u ../a
  pulling from ../a
  requesting all changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg st

  $ cd ..