bug#8265: 24.0.50; windows emacs hanging calling svn

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:15:11 -0400
> Cc: 
> 
> When I modify a file which is under svn, emacs _often_ (but not always!)
> hangs calling svn to update its vc status and hangs even though svn
> seems to work just fine.
> 
> I either have to kill svn using the windows task manager (in which case
> I get this error:
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Running svn status -v foo.cpp...FAILED 
> (status 1)")

I don't use svn; what kind of text is that command supposed to output?
E.g., what does it show if you run it from the command prompt under
the same conditions?

Also, can you run this under Cygwin's strace and show the system call
where it (whatever "it" means) hangs?