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Re: gdb.git hiccup
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 05:38:00PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> FYI, so far, here's all I've done:
>>
>> head=a4a5c910c73f0bf2b7d063912274461838139423
>> git update-ref HEAD $head
>> git update-ref master $head
>>
>> That should be enough for now.
>
> So, this is supposed to be fixed now?
For gdb, yes, I think we're ok.
> I've been getting this all day:
>
> dan@henry1:/scratch/dan git clone git://sourceware.org/git/archer.git
> Initialized empty Git repository in /scratch/dan/archer/.git/
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>
> which I assumed was related...
I assumed that, too.
But when I tried to diagnose it, I discovered that there are unreadable
temporary pack files owned by from back in February that prevent a local clone.
sourceware$ cd /git/archer.git/objects; ls -l tmp*
-rw------- 1 rmoseley archer 368640 Feb 9 2009 tmp_pack_hMUtoO
-rw------- 1 rmoseley archer 876544 Feb 9 2009 tmp_pack_jmBcho
-rw------- 1 rmoseley archer 1007616 Feb 9 2009 tmp_pack_zbwx0m
I have neither root access nor archer group membership, so cannot remove
them, and sent a request to overseers yesterday. No reply yet.