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From: Vampire <Vampire@Masters-of-Disaster.de>
To: Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git svn clone failing
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 19:48:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTimoDBr+ikZ4XoW1y=1=_JNOtp_jfg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikkXG95WxaDaFcJnCsQ_B5qHKUJwQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hm, actually I found a workaround.
If I use https instead of http, it works fine.
But I think it should also work with http.

2011/6/2 Vampire <Vampire@masters-of-disaster.de>:
> It seems to me that this happens while git-svn is searching for history.
> As far as I have understood git-svn searches hierarchical higher paths
> for history in other places than specified.
> I guess while trying to access all those paths some path is tried that
> returns 403 Forbidden.
> My assumption is that git-svn takes this as cause to abort instead of
> ignoring this return state what would be appropriate in this case I
> think.
>
> 2011/6/2 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
>>
>> On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 14:22 +0200, Vampire wrote:
>> > Drew?
>> >
>> I have no idea. If anybody else on the list does I'd welcome it, but I
>> don't have any more time I can spend on this.
>>
>> > 2011/4/3 Vampire <Vampire@masters-of-disaster.de>
>> >         Any news on this one?
>> >
>> >
>> >         2011/2/25 Vampire <Vampire@masters-of-disaster.de>
>> >         >
>> >         > I tried it with 1.6.3.3 and with a self-compiled version
>> >         from latest git code.
>> >         >
>> >         > 2011/2/24 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
>> >         > >
>> >         > > On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 15:21 +0100, Vampire wrote:
>> >         > > > Hi Drew,
>> >         > > >
>> >         > > > SVN client is in version 1.6.5.
>> >         > > > svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk .
>> >         > > > works fine and without problem.
>> >         > > > I guess it is in the phase of searching for history in
>> >         other places in
>> >         > > > the repository and there some place is accessed that is
>> >         password
>> >         > > > protected.
>> >         > > > I did not contact the server admin as the normal svn
>> >         client works fine
>> >         > > > and so it seems to be a problem of git-svn, not of the
>> >         SVN server.
>> >         > > > Did you try the command I gave you and does it succeed
>> >         for you? It is
>> >         > > > a publicly available repository so you should be able to
>> >         reproduce the
>> >         > > > problem.
>> >         > > >
>> >         > > > Regards
>> >         > > > Björn
>> >         > >
>> >         > > The error is reproducible, and I'm running a newer
>> >         subversion client
>> >         > > than you are. It definitely isn't making it through all of
>> >         the revisions
>> >         > > available before dying.
>> >         > >
>> >         > > .....
>> >         > > Checked through r161300
>> >         > > Checked through r161400
>> >         > > RA layer request failed: Server sent unexpected return
>> >         value (403 Forbidden) in response to REPORT request for
>> >         '/repos/asf/!svn/vcc
>> >         > > /default' at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 5131
>> >         > >
>> >         > > I forgot to ask, which version git are you running? I am
>> >         running 1.7.4
>> >         > > on the machine I tried this (RHEL5 RPM, compiled locally).
>> >         > >
>> >         > > > 2011/2/18 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>:
>> >         > > > >
>> >         > > > > On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 18:24 +0100, Vampire wrote:
>> >         > > > >> Hi,
>> >         > > > >>
>> >         > > > >> I'm trying to issue the following command:
>> >         > > > >>
>> >         > > > >> git svn clone --stdlayout
>> >         http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/ .
>> >         > > > >>
>> >         > > > >> But unfortunately this fails after some time with the
>> >         message:
>> >         > > > >>
>> >         > > > >> RA layer request failed: Server sent unexpected
>> >         return value (403
>> >         > > > >> Forbidden) in response to REPORT request for
>> >         > > > >> '/repos/asf/!svn/vcc/default'
>> >         at /usr/lib/git-core/git-svn line 4354
>> >         > > > >>
>> >         > > > >> Regards
>> >         > > > >> Björn
>> >         > > > >
>> >         > > > > Björn,
>> >         > > > > Have you made sure your subversion client is
>> >         up-to-date? Does this work
>> >         > > > > as a plain svn clone? Have you contacted the server
>> >         admin?
>> >         > > > > Without context we cannot act on this.
>> >         > > > >
>> >         > >
>> >         > > --
>> >         > > -Drew Northup
>> >         > > ________________________________________________
>> >         > > "As opposed to vegetable or mineral error?"
>> >         > > -John Pescatore, SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num. 59
>> >         > >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> -Drew Northup
>> ________________________________________________
>> "As opposed to vegetable or mineral error?"
>> -John Pescatore, SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num. 59
>>
>

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-02 17:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-14 17:24 git svn clone failing Vampire
2011-02-18 12:56 ` Drew Northup
2011-02-18 14:21   ` Vampire
2011-02-24 22:44     ` Drew Northup
2011-02-25  0:44       ` Vampire
2011-04-03  0:21         ` Vampire
     [not found]           ` <BANLkTin7bxu_XZVYaVy+eXuhcJR83hXSew@mail.gmail.com>
2011-06-02 12:55             ` Drew Northup
2011-06-02 14:51               ` Vampire
2011-06-02 17:48                 ` Vampire [this message]
2011-06-28  4:28                   ` Eric Wong

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