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Re: Exit code 255 after large clone (32-bit PowerPC)

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EMEvan Miller <emmiller@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 27, 2021, 03:05 UTC
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> On Jul 26, 2021, at 22:20, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> This suspiously sounds familiar.  Asking for "close ssh connection"
> in the lore.kernel.org archive finds this:
> 
>  https://lore.kernel.org/git/YKTg8nYjSGpKbq8W@coredump.intra.peff.net/
> 
The described symptoms match what I am seeing. It makes sense that ancient hardware would bring out the bug – triggering the server timeout with a long local computation.
Switching to protocol 0 successfully works around the issue. This concludes my interest in the error. I suggest reviving a discussion of Jeff King's patch here:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/YKU4mbq%2Fam%2FliAN4@coredump.intra.peff.net/
Evan
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  1. Evan MillerJul 26, 2021
  2. brian m. carlsonJul 26, 2021
  3. Evan MillerJul 26, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 27, 2021
  5. brian m. carlsonJul 27, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2021
  7. Evan MillerJul 27, 2021
  8. Jeff KingJul 27, 2021
  9. Evan MillerJul 27, 2021

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