From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Petr Baudis Subject: Re: Useless error message? Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:56:25 +0200 Message-ID: <20100422115625.GJ3563@machine.or.cz> References: <20100421221953.GA25348@progeny.tock> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Aghiles , git list To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Apr 22 13:56:35 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 1O4v1F-0001TI-Uf for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:56:34 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754397Ab0DVL41 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:56:27 -0400 Received: from w241.dkm.cz ([62.24.88.241]:40382 "EHLO machine.or.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754320Ab0DVL40 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:56:26 -0400 Received: by machine.or.cz (Postfix, from userid 2001) id 3492A125A114; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:56:25 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100421221953.GA25348@progeny.tock> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 05:19:54PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Aghiles wrote: > > > "fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly" > > > > Is that really meaningful ? Or maybe it is a configuration problem > > on my side ? > > Please, fix it. :) I have seen a lot of users who plainly had a lot of trouble even _understanding_ the error message - it is phrased in super-dense networking jargon. I think something like "fatal: Server terminated the connection for unknown reason" might come a long way (though of course specific error messages would still be far more helpful). (I assume that the remote end is the server since (i) it is most often the case (ii) it is if you look at it through the client-server optics, which may not always be the best one, but see (i).) -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis http://pasky.or.cz/ | "Ars longa, vita brevis." -- Hippocrates