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
>>
>
next prev parent 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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