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

From: Evan Miller <emmiller@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 27, 2021, 02:08 UTC
Message-ID: <89D261C9-A97C-4FD2-9FB5-ACCDA2E70CE0@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <874kcgsh94.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

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> On Jul 26, 2021, at 20:51, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Evan: Can you run this with some of GIT_TRACE=1 /
> GIT_TRACE_EVENT=/dev/stderr GIT_TRACE_PACKET=1 and see if some of those
> show what's happening in/around that 255 exit?

Running it again – the "Connection closed" message appears while the Deltas are being computed. Until that message appears, the ssh process is still alive.

There are no trace messages immediately surrounding the closed connection. The 255 exit does not occur until after the deltas are computed and the updates are resolved. (Which makes the error confusing from a user perspective.)

I would think that the SSH connection could/should be closed immediately after all the objects have been received. I am still compiling a more recent SSH, and will report back tomorrow if that changes anything. As of this writing:

$ ssh -v OpenSSH_5.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006

Evan