Re: git over rsync+ssh

["Mike Ralphson" <mike.ralphson@gmail.com>]

2008/7/9 Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@fastmail.fm>:
> I want to put a git repo on a server where I have ssh access but failed to
> compile git (AIX 5.1, has libz.a but no .so nor headers; compiling
> prerequisite zlib failed, probably due to a botched build environment).

I can send you a binary to try if you'd like. It would be compiled on
AIX 5.3 but I have to jump through hoops on several non-identically
set-up servers here, so one might work for you.

# ldd /usr/local/bin/git
/usr/local/bin/git needs:
         /usr/lib/libc.a(shr.o)
         /usr/lib/libz.a(libz.so.1)
         /usr/lib/libiconv.a(shr4.o)
         /unix
         /usr/lib/libcrypt.a(shr.o)

# ar -t /usr/lib/libz.a
libz.so.1
shr.o

Alternatively I can send you what gets installed from zlib-devel.rpm
[1] which you might be able to install in your account's home
directory, and then ./configure --with-zlib=PATH ; gmake might work
for you.

> As far as I can see my only option for a private repo is using rsync over
> ssh.
>
> ... [snipped the bits I know not]
>
> Alternatively, can I maybe compile the bits that git over ssh needs on the
> server side without zlib?

I don't think any git is going to get very far without zlib, as it
won't understand (be able to verify) the object/pack format at all. I
might be wrong about that though.

Mike

[1] ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/zlib/zlib-1.2.3-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm