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Re: packfile is unavailable/cannot be accessed

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EEnchanter <ensoul.magazine@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 7, 2011, 00:01 UTC
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<loom.20110407T015644-337@post.gmane.org>
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Jeff King <peff <at> peff.net> writes:
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> 
> Looking through the source code, the only way this message can be
> generated is if lseek fails on the packfile. It looks like the messages
> are coming from the remote end. Where is your remote located? Which
> operating system is it running on? Is the repo on an exotic filesystem
> that might not support seeking?
> 
> -Peff
> 
Jeff, thanks for you reply. 
1. the bare repository is on the windows server
2. One developer use ubuntu with git 1.7.4.1 (Has the error message)
3. Another developer use windows XP with git 1.7.4.msysgit.0 (there's no errors)
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