From: Vampire <vampire@masters-of-disaster.de>
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:51:26 GMT
Subject: Re: git svn clone failing
Message-ID: <BANLkTikkXG95WxaDaFcJnCsQ_B5qHKUJwQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1307019308.28941.4.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu>

It seems to me that this happens while git-svn is searching for history.
As far as I have understood git-svn searches hierarchical higher paths
for history in other places than specified.
I guess while trying to access all those paths some path is tried that
returns 403 Forbidden.
My assumption is that git-svn takes this as cause to abort instead of
ignoring this return state what would be appropriate in this case I
think.

2011/6/2 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
>
> On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 14:22 +0200, Vampire wrote:
> > Drew?
> >
> I have no idea. If anybody else on the list does I'd welcome it, but I
> don't have any more time I can spend on this.
>
> > 2011/4/3 Vampire <Vampire@masters-of-disaster.de>
> >         Any news on this one?
> >
> >
> >         2011/2/25 Vampire <Vampire@masters-of-disaster.de>
> >         >
> >         > I tried it with 1.6.3.3 and with a self-compiled version
> >         from latest git code.
> >         >
> >         > 2011/2/24 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
> >         > >
> >         > > On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 15:21 +0100, Vampire wrote:
> >         > > > Hi Drew,
> >         > > >
> >         > > > SVN client is in version 1.6.5.
> >         > > > svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk .
> >         > > > works fine and without problem.
> >         > > > I guess it is in the phase of searching for history in
> >         other places in
> >         > > > the repository and there some place is accessed that is
> >         password
> >         > > > protected.
> >         > > > I did not contact the server admin as the normal svn
> >         client works fine
> >         > > > and so it seems to be a problem of git-svn, not of the
> >         SVN server.
> >         > > > Did you try the command I gave you and does it succeed
> >         for you? It is
> >         > > > a publicly available repository so you should be able to
> >         reproduce the
> >         > > > problem.
> >         > > >
> >         > > > Regards
> >         > > > Björn
> >         > >
> >         > > The error is reproducible, and I'm running a newer
> >         subversion client
> >         > > than you are. It definitely isn't making it through all of
> >         the revisions
> >         > > available before dying.
> >         > >
> >         > > .....
> >         > > Checked through r161300
> >         > > Checked through r161400
> >         > > RA layer request failed: Server sent unexpected return
> >         value (403 Forbidden) in response to REPORT request for
> >         '/repos/asf/!svn/vcc
> >         > > /default' at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 5131
> >         > >
> >         > > I forgot to ask, which version git are you running? I am
> >         running 1.7.4
> >         > > on the machine I tried this (RHEL5 RPM, compiled locally).
> >         > >
> >         > > > 2011/2/18 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>:
> >         > > > >
> >         > > > > On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 18:24 +0100, Vampire wrote:
> >         > > > >> Hi,
> >         > > > >>
> >         > > > >> I'm trying to issue the following command:
> >         > > > >>
> >         > > > >> git svn clone --stdlayout
> >         http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/ .
> >         > > > >>
> >         > > > >> But unfortunately this fails after some time with the
> >         message:
> >         > > > >>
> >         > > > >> RA layer request failed: Server sent unexpected
> >         return value (403
> >         > > > >> Forbidden) in response to REPORT request for
> >         > > > >> '/repos/asf/!svn/vcc/default'
> >         at /usr/lib/git-core/git-svn line 4354
> >         > > > >>
> >         > > > >> Regards
> >         > > > >> Björn
> >         > > > >
> >         > > > > Björn,
> >         > > > > Have you made sure your subversion client is
> >         up-to-date? Does this work
> >         > > > > as a plain svn clone? Have you contacted the server
> >         admin?
> >         > > > > Without context we cannot act on this.
> >         > > > >
> >         > >
> >         > > --
> >         > > -Drew Northup
> >         > > ________________________________________________
> >         > > "As opposed to vegetable or mineral error?"
> >         > > -John Pescatore, SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num. 59
> >         > >
> >
>
> --
> -Drew Northup
> ________________________________________________
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