Re: git-daemon breakage in 1.5.4

[Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>]

Johannes Sixt schrieb:
> Wincent Colaiuta schrieb:
>> Drop the --inetd option and it works with no errors:
>>
>>   # /usr/local/bin/git-daemon --base-path=/blah -- /blah
> 
> When I run git-daemon with a reduced path similar to this:
> 
>    PATH=/bin:/usr/bin /usr/local/bin/git-daemon ...
> 
> i.e. git is installed in /usr/local/bin, but it is not in PATH, then I
> also get "hung up unexpectedly" from a client that connects to this server.
> 
> Which makes me think that you xinetd doesn't pass a PATH to git-daemon
> that includes /usr/local/bin. Add this to your /etc/xinetd.d/git:
> 
>     env = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
> 
> (not tested).

And if I run it this way:

    PATH=/bin:/usr/bin /usr/local/bin/git daemon ...

(notice the dash-less form) it works, too. Although I don't know if this
somehow would interfere with --inetd mode.

-- Hannes