Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:54:38PM +0200, Richard MUSIL wrote:
> Just to give an update on the topic. I tried to clone stable 2.6.24.y
> branch and got a bit more info then on fetch:
> 
> > rmusil@prglx09 ~ $ git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git linux-2.6.24.y
> > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rmusil/linux-2.6.24.y/.git/
> > Cannot get remote repository information.
> > Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
> > rmusil@prglx09 ~ $
> 
> This is from machine which is behind proxy, but I tried it from another
> one, which has direct access and got exactly the same output.
> Is it possible that perhaps git-update-server-info should be run there?
> Who is responsible for the repository maintenance?
> So far it looks like the http access is simply not set up on the repo,
> even though it is advertised on project web page.
> 
> Greg, could you help me with this?

I've now run git-update-server-info on that repo, let me know if that
solves the problem or not.

thanks,

greg k-h