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rc3 gitweb is broken, won't deliver snapshots

From
Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 25, 2007, 13:27 UTC
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gitweb in 1.5.3-rc3 fails to deliver snapshots in any useable format (bzip2, gz, or zip). Clicking on a link seems to work, but the delivered file as stored on my system is empty. No error messages appear anywhere I can find. I am hosting gitweb on FC7 using lighttpd, if that matters.

The snapshot service at git.kernel.org also seems broken, I don't know what gitweb is running there so don't know if the issue is related.

I have fixed this for my use by reverting the following commits

3473e7df5f8c7f8dc3e2c3f2fdc99a1d1a719c16 gitweb: More detailed error messages for snapshot format a781785d8f1eb7adf05a24b121104716a086a67a gitweb: Fix support for legacy gitweb config for snapshots a3c8ab30a54c30a6a434760bedf04548425416ef gitweb: snapshot cleanups & support for offering multiple formats

The snapshot problem first appears when a3c8ab30a54 is applied.
Mark Levedahl
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  1. Mark LevedahlJul 25, 2007
  2. gitweb: Fix error in generating snapshotJakub Narebski, Jul 25, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2007

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