Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Richard MUSIL <richard.musil@st.com>]

On 17.4.2008 23:28, Greg KH wrote:
> 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, this seems has solved the problem. Now, I can fetch from stable
branch over http without any problems.

Richard