Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.48.0-rc0

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 08:47:47AM -0500, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> >Sent: December 16, 2024 11:51 PM
> >To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com
> >Cc: 'Junio C Hamano' <gitster@pobox.com>; git@vger.kernel.org; 'Linux
> Kernel'
> ><linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; git-packagers@googlegroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.48.0-rc0
> >
> >On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 07:07:25PM -0500, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
> >> On December 16, 2024 1:15 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> >An early preview release Git v2.48.0-rc0 is now available for testing
> >> >at the usual places.  It is comprised of 446 non-merge commits since
> >> >v2.47.0, contributed by 66 people, 26 of which are new faces [*].
> >> >
> >> >The tarballs are found at:
> >> >
> >> >    https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/testing/
> >> >
> >> >The following public repositories all have a copy of the
> >> >'v2.48.0-rc0' tag and the 'master' branch that the tag points at:
> >> >
> >> >  url = https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
> >> >  url = https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git
> >> >  url = git://repo.or.cz/alt-git.git
> >> >  url = https://github.com/gitster/git
> >>
> >> Did I miss something about GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT=reftable being
> >> removed from the test suite? That was available under 2.47.0 but if I
> >> supply it now, the tests crash at git init.
> >
> >Nothing should've changed here, and a local test run with that environment
> >variable works alright on my system. Could you please provide more details?
> 
> This is on the latest OS version of NonStop x86. The test is done via the
> following:
> With OpenSSL 3.4 The T0625 is Expat.
> 
> When run as follows:
> GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT=reftable GIT_TEST_CLONE_2GB=true
> /usr/coreutils/bin/make -k test V=1 CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Winline
> -I/usr/local-ssl3.4/include -I/usr/coreutils/include
> -I/usr/tandem/xml/T0625L01_AAE/include" LDFLAGS="/usr/coreutils/lib/libz.a
> -L/usr/local-ssl3.4/lib -L/usr/coreutils/lib
> -L/usr/tandem/xml/T0625L01_AAE/lib"  TEST_LINT=
> SHELL=/usr/coreutils/bin/bash
> 
> The results are:
> *** t0000-basic.sh ***
> error: cannot run git init
> Makefile:77: recipe for target 't0000-basic.sh' failed
> make[2]: *** [t0000-basic.sh] Error 1
> *** t0001-init.sh ***
> error: cannot run git init
> Makefile:77: recipe for target 't0001-init.sh' failed
> make[2]: *** [t0001-init.sh] Error 1
> *** t0002-gitfile.sh ***
> error: cannot run git init
> Makefile:77: recipe for target 't0002-gitfile.sh' failed
> make[2]: *** [t0002-gitfile.sh] Error 1
> etc for all tests.
> 
> Removing GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT=reftable allows the whole
> test suite to pass.
> 
> There are environment size limits (about 32Kb) in bash on the box, so it is
> possible
> a boundary was crossed internal to the test setup.

Could you please provide a backtrace for git-init(1)?

Patrick