From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Finger Subject: Re: Problem packing repository Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:53:28 -0500 Message-ID: <4A3F9AE8.30405@lwfinger.net> References: <4A3EF989.4070101@lwfinger.net> <4A3F24F9.2060502@viscovery.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Sixt X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jun 22 16:53:34 2009 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 1MIktp-0005Cs-I3 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:53:34 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751341AbZFVOxX (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:53:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751240AbZFVOxW (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:53:22 -0400 Received: from fmailhost05.isp.att.net ([207.115.11.55]:51226 "EHLO fmailhost05.isp.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750731AbZFVOxW (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:53:22 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; q=dns/txt; d=att.net; s=dkim01; i=larry.finger@att.net; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1245682405; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: In-Reply-To:References:Subject:CC:To:MIME-Version:From:Date: Message-ID; bh=SjbCiQPdZ1pOCG/zu1YnspNO44NGNCQ2udY6Q8qbqR0=; b=gtW kDO1xgkenrsj23PuUV4gPBE4q/7PHPgdNY2cQN1jpD2/7CLkgswiYeapHuzTrd1MVwr 715fLJHB30fRkvEw== Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-65-28-94-183.kc.res.rr.com?[65.28.94.183]) by worldnet.att.net (frfwmhc05) with ESMTP id <20090622145324H05004i92je>; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:53:25 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.28.94.183] User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20081227) In-Reply-To: <4A3F24F9.2060502@viscovery.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Sixt wrote: > Larry Finger schrieb: >> For the past 2 weeks, every pull from the mainline kernel repository >> has included the following message about "Auto packing" that fails to >> complete. >> >> git --version yields "git version 1.6.3.2.198.g6096d" >> >> ================================================ >> >> Auto packing your repository for optimum performance. You may also >> run "git gc" manually. See "git help gc" for more information. >> usage: git-pack-objects [{ -q | --progress | --all-progress }] >> [--max-pack-size=N] [--local] [--incremental] >> [--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N] >> [--no-reuse-delta] [--no-reuse-object] [--delta-base-offset] >> [--threads=N] [--non-empty] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] >> [--reflog] >> [--stdout | base-name] [--include-tag] >> [--keep-unreachable | --unpack-unreachable] >> [> error: failed to run repack > > I'm pretty sure that you have inconsistent versions of git in your PATH. > You can use GIT_TRACE=2 to debug this. I think that you should get the > same error if you run 'git gc' manually. Thanks. My initial git installation came from an openSUSE 11.1 package. I had then pulled the source, deleted the package, then built and installed the new version. Unfortunately, not everything was removed, but it is working now. Larry