[JIRA] (JENKINS-59213) P4 Plugin - Errors when syncing symlinks

ivtashev@ea.com (JIRA)

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JENKINS-59213

P4 Plugin - Errors when syncing symlinks

Issue Type:	Bug
Assignee:	Unassigned
Components:	p4-plugin
Created:	2019-09-03 22:57
Environment:	Operating System: * Build Slave is Win10 64 * Jenkins master: CentOS: 7.5 64 JDKs: * Build Slave: Oracle 1.8.0_171 * Master: Oracle 1.8.0_212 Versions: * Jenkins: 2.164.2 * P4 Plugin: 1.10.3 Jenkins NOT run via container Jenkins NOT setup via reverse proxy Jenkins installed with yum (rpm) Jenkins slave installed via jnlp but running as a service
Labels:	p4-plugin symlink
Priority:	Critical
Reporter:	Ivan Tashev

After updating from 1.10.0 to 1.10.3 I am seeing the following errors on Windows build slaves:

 
                                                                15:00:01  ERROR: P4: Task Exception: com.perforce.p4java.exception.P4JavaException: com.perforce.p4java.exception.P4JavaException: hudson.AbortException: P4JAVA: Error(s):
15:00:01  symlink file <some symlink> can't be sync'd or created with this client program.

Note that we are using a virtual stream.

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pallen@perforce.com (JIRA)

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Sep 4, 2019, 6:31:02 AM9/4/19

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Paul Allen commented on

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Re: P4 Plugin - Errors when syncing symlinks

It's possible that the older 1.10.0 release may have left a 'bad' symlink in your workspace with strange permissions. You may need to use 'administrator' permissions to clean up the file.

Windows has a few types of symlinks; the plugin only supports 'symlinks' not 'junctions' ~~JENKINS-57955~~.

If it still causes a problem please let me know.

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ivtashev@ea.com (JIRA)

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Sep 4, 2019, 12:34:04 PM9/4/19

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Re: P4 Plugin - Errors when syncing symlinks

Hey [~p4paul], thank you for the responce.

The error was actually revealed after I did a full wipe and recreate of the workspace (after basically deleting local files and p4 client). I am not sure this is an OS specific issue, as I can sync the files on the same build node with P4V using the same p4 client.

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ivtashev@ea.com (JIRA)

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Ivan Tashev commented on

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Re: P4 Plugin - Errors when syncing symlinks

Hey Paul Allen, thank you for the responce.

The error was actually revealed after I did a full wipe and recreate of the workspace (after basically deleting local files and p4 client). I am not sure this is an OS specific issue, as I can sync the files on the same build node with P4V using the same p4 client.