Re: git-1.4.0 make problems

From: Michael Somos <somos@grail.cba.csuohio.edu>
Date: Jun 17, 2006, 10:16 UTC
Message-ID: <200606171016.k5HAGQ1D005560@grail.cba.csuohio.edu>

Rene Scharfe wrote :

> | tar: pax_global_header: Unknown file type 'g', extracted as normal

> You can ignore or delete that file.  It is a pax extended global header,

Yes, I knew I could ignore the file right away. I figured it was due to some new feature of GNU tar.

> was released on 2001-08-29, by the way.  May I ask what operating system
> and version you are using?

Mandrake 8,1 for i586. I had not encountered problems with GNU tar 1.13.22 before. A quick google showed this was not a rare problem, but nothing in the tarball for git-1.4.0 mentioned this problem. I understand that it may be a rare or nonexistant problem for the target audience of "git", but just a sentence or two would be enough clue to help out those who may need it.

> It took me a while to realize that your diffs are reversed.  It's too

Yes, unfortunately, I did reverse it, but even patch can handle that.

> A good first exercise would be to fetch the git repository, edit Makefile
> and commit your change, and then send a patch to this list -- all using

A good suggestion, but I am a newbie as you can tell, and would prefer to play in a sandbox for some time before I would attempt it. Of more concern to me now is a failed test :

> * FAIL 12: apply diff between 3 and 2
>        git-apply <diff.3-2 && diff frotz.2 frotz
> * failed 2 among 12 test(s)
> make[1]: *** [t4101-apply-nonl.sh] Error 1

All the other tests worked which is great. Thanks for your reply. Shalom, Michael