RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded if [inherit] file option refers itself or circularly refers

[Jun Omae]

$ trac-admin /dev/shm/tracenv initenv --inherit=trac.ini 'My Project' sqlite:db/trac.db
...
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.parse_if_needed(force=True)
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 295, in parse_if_needed
    self.parents.append(Configuration(filename))
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.parse_if_needed(force=True)
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 295, in parse_if_needed
    self.parents.append(Configuration(filename))
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.parse_if_needed(force=True)
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 284, in parse_if_needed
    self._old_sections = deepcopy(self.parser._sections)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 162, in deepcopy
    y = copier(x, memo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 254, in _deepcopy_dict
    y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 162, in deepcopy
    y = copier(x, memo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 254, in _deepcopy_dict
    y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 162, in deepcopy
    y = copier(x, memo)
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

$ cat /dev/shm/inherit1.ini
[inherit]
file = inherit2.ini
$ cat /dev/shm/inherit2.ini
[inherit]
file = inherit1.ini
$ trac-admin /dev/shm/tracenv initenv --inherit=/dev/shm/inherit1.ini 'My Project' sqlite:db/trac.db
...
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.parse_if_needed(force=True)
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 295, in parse_if_needed
    self.parents.append(Configuration(filename))
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.parse_if_needed(force=True)
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 295, in parse_if_needed
    self.parents.append(Configuration(filename))
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.parse_if_needed(force=True)
  File "/venv/trac/1.0.11/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/config.py", line 284, in parse_if_needed
    self._old_sections = deepcopy(self.parser._sections)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 162, in deepcopy
    y = copier(x, memo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 254, in _deepcopy_dict
    y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 162, in deepcopy
    y = copier(x, memo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 254, in _deepcopy_dict
    y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/copy.py", line 162, in deepcopy
    y = copier(x, memo)
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

[Ryan J Ollos]

Moved ticket assigned to next-stable-1.0.x since maintenance of 1.0.x is coming to a close. Please move the ticket back if it's critical to fix on 1.0.x.

[Ryan J Ollos]

Milestone renamed