When svnserve is run with required user authentication it does not respond to client requests. The svn client freezes. This is probably caused by a lack of entropy through /dev/random (see http://www.svnforum.org/2017/viewtopic.php?p=3129). ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/svnserve SVNSERVE_OPTS="--root=/var/svn" SVNSERVE_USER="svn" SVNSERVE_GROUP="svn" ~ # cat /var/svn/test/conf/svnserve.conf [general] anon-access = none auth-access = write password-db = passwd ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.6-r4, 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.15 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.3 dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups dlloader dri eds emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg oggvorbis oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python readline reflection session spell spl ssl tcpd unicode vorbis xml2 xmms xorg xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux userland_GNU" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY * dev-util/subversion Latest version available: 1.3.2-r1 Latest version installed: 1.3.2-r1 Size of files: 6,674 kB Homepage: http://subversion.tigris.org/ Description: A compelling replacement for CVS License: Apache-1.1 * dev-libs/apr Latest version available: 0.9.12 Latest version installed: 0.9.12 Size of files: 1,024 kB Homepage: http://apr.apache.org/ Description: Apache Portable Runtime Library License: Apache-2.0 Keywords: subversion svnserve apr apache portable runtime library /dev/urandom /dev/random hangs
So, recompile dev-libs/apr w/ USE="urandom"...
USE="urandom" emerge apr seems to solve the problem that could be reproduced on five different machines. Why not emerging apr with the urandom use flag by default? The current setting seems to be not very usable.
