Re: Error "fatal: cannot pread pack file: Success"

From: Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com>
Date: Feb 28, 2007, 15:28 UTC
Message-ID: <17893.40847.313519.283218@lisa.zopyra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070228044719.GA6068@spearce.org>

On Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 23:47:19 (-0500) Shawn O. Pearce writes:

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>"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
>> Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> wrote:
>> > Using 1.5.0.1.  Can't see what is wrong with this clone...
>> ...
>> > Indexing 4589 objects.
>> > remote: Total 4589 (delta 2209), reused 4589 (delta 2209)
>> >  100% (4589/4589) done
>> > Resolving 2209 deltas.
>> > fatal: cannot pread pack file: Success
>> > fatal: index-pack died with error code 128
>> > fetch-pack from '/home/rael/devel/project/.git' failed.
>> 
>> I think the pread() in get_data_from_pack of index-pack is wrong,
>> it really should be looping until we fill the buffer in case the
>> OS doesn't fully satisfy our read request the first time.
>
>Does this fix your problem?

Just got back: I will try applying this patch and testing with it and let you know.

Yes, this is a mounted filesystem --- I did post the 'df -h' to show this because I suspected something awry with it being a mounted drive.

I'll let you know if this fixes it...

Bill