Re: new platform & S_IFGITLINK problem

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 2, 2010, 16:26 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTim2X7w2dUrXXZUnXvYM8j-L2=O=Gn8a61ON=v=T@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1280765681.15734.1202.camel@jetpack.demon.co.uk>

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 16:14, Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:

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> On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 16:11 +0000, Ęvar Arnfjörš Bjarmason wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 18:00, Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 10:29 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> >> Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > Is there any ETA on fixing this up ?
>> >>
>> >> I don't think so, as I didn't see anybody who has a testable system
>> >> volunteered to do this nor heard that somebody started doing it.
>> >
>> > O.k. Looks like I'll have to take it on over the long term.
>>
>> I've been adding smoke support to Git so that you could set up a cron
>> job that automatically sent us failure reports on your platform. Then
>> someone could fix this without your help.
>>
>> Here's the preliminary smoke patch:
>>
>>     http://github.com/avar/git/compare/git:pu...git-smoke-v2
>>
>> Would you be willing to run a smoker on FreeMiNT?
>
> Sure. I'll give it a shot.

It'll be easier for you to wait until this gets merged into core and we have some easy-to-setup scripts for starting smokers "out of the box".

But it's good to know that you're interested in running one.