From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Baechle Subject: Is there really a need for packed-refs to exist for rsync://? Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:42:22 +0100 Message-ID: <20080416094222.GA23987@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 16 11:49:40 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jm4Gk-0008HC-5i for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:49:34 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756412AbYDPJst (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:48:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755788AbYDPJst (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:48:49 -0400 Received: from oss.sgi.com ([192.48.170.157]:32977 "EHLO oss.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754605AbYDPJst (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:48:49 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 384 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:48:49 EDT Received: from dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m3G9fgDs026686 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:41:43 -0700 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3G9gMdo024083 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:42:22 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m3G9gMKi024082 for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:42:22 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/6021/Wed Feb 27 15:55:48 2008 on oss.sgi.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Trying to clone a repository using its rsync:// URL I'm getting this error message: [...] sent 150 bytes received 363603747 bytes 80800866.00 bytes/sec total size is 363559095 speedup is 1.00 rsync: link_stat "/scm/upstream-linus.git/packed-refs" (in pub) failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1385) [receiver=2.6.9] fatal: Could not run rsync to get refs $ The same repository can be cloned with no problem using its git:// and http:// URLs so I guess the rsync:// method is broken here. This is using git 1.5.4.1. Cheers, Ralf