Re: index-pack died on pread

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 25, 2007, 20:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20070725204817.GA3645@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <333e1ca10707251307k21b5f58bjb8e5803173e3d9b3@mail.gmail.com>

Michal Rokos, Wed, Jul 25, 2007 22:07:50 +0200:

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> On 7/23/07, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On 7/23/07, Michal Rokos <michal.rokos@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> fatal: cannot pread pack file: No such file or directory (n=0,
> >> errno=2, fd=3, ptr=40452958, len=428, rdy=0, off=123601)
> >> fatal: index-pack died with error code 128
> >
> >strange. pread(2) should not return ENOENT. Not in HP-UX
> >not anywhere.
> >
> >Could you recompile with NO_PREAD=1 and try again?
> >Maybe HP-UX pread(2) implementation is just broken.
> 
> When I tried to recompile with NO_PREAD=1 the problem disappeared.

I think that's a fair indication for HP-UX has a broken pread(2).

> Do you want me to try something more with it?

No. Put NO_PREAD=1 in your config.mak on HP-UX.