Bo Berglund wrote on Sat, 24 Apr 2021 15:54 +00:00: > On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 11:05:33 -0400 (EDT), Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> > wrote: > > >I believe svn log always connects to the "server". The difference is where > >the > >"url" comes from. In the first form, the user explicitly provides the url > >and > >in the second the url is formed from information in the .svn directories. > > This I could in fact test! :) > The svn server I use ison a local server at the office and is not exposed > externally. I am hooked up to the office network via VPN, so I could > disconnect > and re-test. > Sure enough, no log appeared. So it *is* a server side operation.
Correct. > But there is no timeout on the client side, it just hangs there... > And reconnecting to the office while it is "waiting" does nothing at all. > Still > just hangs there. Depends on how long you waited, but the simplest explanation is that that's down to your TCP configuration. (SYN being dropped rather than responded to with an RST, and then the connection revived before the retransmission delay elapses, etc.) > Test done on Windows 10 with svn client version 1.12.0 > Server side svn version is 1.9.7, I believe.
