# Problem adding a symlinkg 4 messages from 2010-02-11 to 2010-02-21. Participants: Arnaud Bailly, Alex Riesen. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22611 ## Arnaud Bailly, 2010-02-11 06:17 Subject: Problem adding a symlinkg Message-ID: <1265869060330-4553010.post@n2.nabble.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1265869060330-4553010.post%40n2.nabble.com ``` Hello, I am trying to add some symlink to git and got the following error: error: readlink("protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so"): Invalid argument error: unable to index file protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so fatal: adding files failed I thought it was possible to add symlinks to git. What am I doing wrong ? THanks for your help Arnaud -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Problem-adding-a-symlinkg-tp4553010p4553010.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ``` ## Alex Riesen, 2010-02-11 12:01 Subject: Re: Problem adding a symlinkg Message-ID: <81b0412b1002110401mc77bd68w28034ca0e7fc537@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81b0412b1002110401mc77bd68w28034ca0e7fc537%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1265869060330-4553010.post@n2.nabble.com> ``` On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 07:17, Arnaud Bailly wrote: > > I am trying to add some symlink to git and got the following error: > > error: readlink("protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so"): Invalid argument Is the file in fact a symlink? Maybe it was replaced by a file while Git was adding it? If it is reproducable, could you strace "git add" and post the trace here? ``` ## Arnaud Bailly, 2010-02-20 09:55 Subject: Re: Problem adding a symlinkg Message-ID: <854olcqlim.fsf@oqube.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/854olcqlim.fsf%40oqube.com In-Reply-To: <81b0412b1002110401mc77bd68w28034ca0e7fc537@mail.gmail.com> ``` Hello, My apologies for the very late reply. Here is the strace dump: open("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC) getdents64(4, /* 24 entries */, 4096) = 928 open(".gitignore", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 5 fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0700, st_size=237, ...}) = 0 read(5, "auto\r\n*.log\r\n*.class\r\n*~\r\n*.exe\r\n"..., 237) = 237 close(5) = 0 open(".gitignore", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("pb-util/.gitignore", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("pb-util/protoc/.gitignore", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/.gitignore", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/.gitignore", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lstat64("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0700, st_size=58, ...}) = 0 lstat64("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so.5", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0700, st_size=58, ...}) = 0 lstat64("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so.6", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0700, st_size=58, ...}) = 0 getdents64(4, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0 close(4) = 0 open(".git/index", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0700, st_size=283832, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 283832, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7b3a000 close(4) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 286720, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7af4000 munmap(0xb7b3a000, 283832) = 0 lstat64("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0700, st_size=58, ...}) = 0 readlink("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so", "libprotobuf-lite.so.5.0.0"..., 59) = 25 write(2, "error: readlink(\"pb-ut"..., 104error: readlink("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so"): Invalid argument ) = 104 write(2, "error: unable to index file pb-util"..., 95error: unable to index file pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so ) = 95 write(2, "fatal: adding files failed\n"..., 27fatal: adding files failed ) = 27 close(3) = 0 unlink(".git/index.lock") = 0 exit_group(128) = ? Note that when I do $> strace readlink pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so I got readlink("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so", "libprotobuf-lite.so.5.0.0"..., 64) = 25 fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 1), ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7c6d000 write(1, "libprotobuf-lite.so.5.0.0\n"..., 26libprotobuf-lite.so.5.0.0 ) = 26 close(1) = 0 munmap(0xb7c6d000, 4096) = 0 close(2) = 0 exit_group(0) = ? Any clue? Thanks for your time, -- Arnaud Bailly -- OQube http://www.oqube.com/ ``` ## Alex Riesen, 2010-02-21 22:20 Subject: Re: Problem adding a symlinkg Message-ID: <81b0412b1002211420k7bc73e4aub84ed6829d4a1acd@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81b0412b1002211420k7bc73e4aub84ed6829d4a1acd%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <854olcqlim.fsf@oqube.com> ``` On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:55, Arnaud Bailly wrote: > readlink("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so", "libprotobuf-lite.so.5.0.0"..., 59) = 25 The return value (25, positive) is no error. It is the length of the symlink data. This looks like an old Git (59 as buffer size, more recent version should have used 56 as returned by stat earlier). > lstat64("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0700, st_size=58, ...}) = 0 > write(2, "error: readlink(\"pb-ut"..., 104error: readlink("pb-util/protoc/Linux-x86-2.6.28/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so"): Invalid argument > ) = 104 This looks like a bug in the version of Git you're using. It must be fixed by now (at least in 1.6.2, commit b760d3aa "Make 'index_path()' use 'strbuf_readlink()'"). I don't know why your lstat returns size for a symlink which is different from what readlink returns, but this is why it fails: the code that you seem to be using assumed that must be the case. Newer code just does not care and trusts the result of readlink. Upgrade your Git, it is worth the time anyway. ```