Re: Possible regression in git 2.26.0

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Apr 4, 2020, 15:20 UTC
Message-ID: <20200404152032.GC679473@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8sjcz6pd.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 12:53:50PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > I guess it's this:
> >
> >   https://code.launchpad.net/launchpad
> >
> > but I can't find any trace of the "Parameters must have values" error
> > message in there. It looks like it builds on dulwich, but I can't find
> > the message there either. So I'm at a loss.
> 
> Let me apologize in advance for a totally useless distraction, but
> nevertheless I found it funny.  My search engine found
> 
>     https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19780010630.pdf
> 
> when I asked
> 
>     launchpad "parameters must have values"

Heh, wow. I knew vaguely what to expect from the URL, but was quite pleased to see a PDF full of scanned FORTRAN code. I have a new appreciation for working with our newfangled "C" code.

I also searched for that error but didn't come up with much. It seems to be common in some AWS workflows. I wonder if it's just coincidence, or if launchpad's git:// support is somehow just proxying to a service run through AWS.

I think the next step is to report it to launchpad folks and let them figure it out. I opened a bug there:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1870804

-Peff