Re: Bug/problem with 1.6.0 on UnixWare

From: Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>
Date: Aug 21, 2008, 12:18 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0808210610440.29396@xenau.zenez.com>
In-Reply-To: <e2b179460808210435w31b911a5ie6059b5628db8138@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Mike Ralphson wrote:

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> 2008/8/21 Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>:
> > I am having the same problem on UnixWare as I have with the SCO OpenServer
> > 6. trying to build git-1.6.0.
> >
> > Here is the error.
> >
> >    CC shell.o
> >    AR compat/lib.a
> >    LINK git-shell
> > Undefined                       first referenced
> > symbol                              in file
> > hexval_table                        abspath.o
> > null_sha1                           abspath.o
> > trust_executable_bit                abspath.o
> > has_symlinks                        abspath.o
> > UX:ld: ERROR: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to git-shell
> > gmake: *** [git-shell] Error 1
> 
> I think you've hit the problem described here:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/92945/match=git+shell
> 
> Junio's revert of the offending commit is I think in the 'next' branch.

Yep, that sounds about right. It has bitten me on the 12 platforms, I submitted to get git working on them. I will look at reverting it.

I just tried to get this working and now I am being flooded with emails from people that are trying git for the first time, and asking...

How I could your recommend such a broken SCM? I told them to got back to the 1.5.X but being new to git and then not being able to build and use it is causing a lot of flack. I am getting emails now about my recommending git, as it is broken. I should not have announce to the various lists about how great git is and that they should dump their older SCM's in favor of git. Really bad timing on my part. I just hope these people will give git an other try.

Thanks,

-- Boyd Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com> ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047