From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: packfile is unavailable/cannot be accessed Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:42:08 -0400 Message-ID: <20110406154208.GC1864@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Enchanter X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 06 17:42:22 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q7Us6-0006hA-RK for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:42:19 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932136Ab1DFPmM (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:42:12 -0400 Received: from 99-108-226-0.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net ([99.108.226.0]:37248 "EHLO peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932079Ab1DFPmL (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:42:11 -0400 Received: (qmail 5737 invoked by uid 107); 6 Apr 2011 15:42:58 -0000 Received: from 205.158.58.41.ptr.us.xo.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (205.158.58.41) (smtp-auth username relayok, mechanism cram-md5) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with ESMTPA; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:42:58 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:42:08 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 12:09:59AM +0000, Enchanter wrote: > Today I found these errors when I try to pull from remote: > > $ git fetch origin > error: end of packfile > ./objects/pack/pack-0bb4b0fb14801efb46a7cb9aab64add08620c0b1.pack > is unavailable error: packfile > ./objects/pack/pack-0bb4b0fb14801efb46a7cb9aab64add08620c0b1.pack > cannot be accessed > error: refs/heads/newGPMC does not point to a valid object! > error: end of packfile > ./objects/pack/pack-bbb57cb715f61347809673448e9ab12084277090.pack > is unavailable > error: packfile > ./objects/pack/pack-bbb57cb715f61347809673448e9ab12084277090.pack > cannot be accessed > error: end of packfile > ./objects/pack/pack-bbb57cb715f61347809673448e9ab12084277090.pack > is unavailable > error: packfile > ./objects/pack/pack-bbb57cb715f61347809673448e9ab12084277090.pack > cannot be accessed > fatal: failed to read object 8682d5d2ce5bbab82c9020a986d473aa2a97feb8: > Illegal seek > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly > > Can anyone give me a hit on how to solve this problem? Looking through the source code, the only way this message can be generated is if lseek fails on the packfile. It looks like the messages are coming from the remote end. Where is your remote located? Which operating system is it running on? Is the repo on an exotic filesystem that might not support seeking? -Peff