# Ubuntu: gitweb always looks for projects in /var/cache/git (“404 - no projects found”) 3 messages from 2012-11-29 to 2012-12-03. Participants: Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer Fuentes, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32240 ## Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer Fuentes, 2012-11-29 13:55 Subject: Ubuntu: gitweb always looks for projects in /var/cache/git (“404 - no projects found”) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20121129T145320-133%40post.gmane.org ``` I’ve discovered this weird behaviour in gitweb and documented a workaround in StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13609475/ubuntu-gitweb-always-looks-for-projects-in-var-cache-git-404-no-projects-f Basically, the variable $projectroot in gitweb.cgi in the beginning is reset to the system default value in git_get_projects_list, when it is declared again. Is this a known bug? Or am I missing something? ``` ## Jeff King, 2012-11-29 18:28 Subject: Re: Ubuntu: gitweb always looks for projects in /var/cache/git (“404 - no projects found”) Message-ID: <20121129182826.GB17309@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20121129182826.GB17309%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 01:55:57PM +0000, Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer Fuentes wrote: > I’ve discovered this weird behaviour in gitweb and documented a workaround in > StackOverflow: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13609475/ubuntu-gitweb-always-looks-for-projects-in-var-cache-git-404-no-projects-f > > Basically, the variable $projectroot in gitweb.cgi in the beginning is reset to > the system default value in git_get_projects_list, when it is declared again. > > Is this a known bug? Or am I missing something? I think the analysis in that stack overflow post is wrong. The use of "our" in git_get_projects_list is not the culprit. The problem is that one should not edit gitweb.cgi directly; its built-in defaults (which you are tweaking) are overridden by /etc/gitweb.conf, which is shipped by the Ubuntu package. You should be making your changes in the config file, not the CGI script. -Peff ``` ## Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer Fuentes, 2012-12-03 17:10 Subject: Re: Ubuntu: gitweb always looks for projects in /var/cache/git (“404 - no projects found”) Message-ID: <50BCDD20.1050709@vti.bund.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/50BCDD20.1050709%40vti.bund.de In-Reply-To: <20121129182826.GB17309@sigill.intra.peff.net> ``` Thank you very much for the clarification. Noticing how this wasn’t documented anywhere I had the feeling that I was missing something. On Thu 29 Nov 2012 19:28:26 CET, Jeff King wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 01:55:57PM +0000, Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer Fuentes wrote: > >> I’ve discovered this weird behaviour in gitweb and documented a workaround in >> StackOverflow: >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13609475/ubuntu-gitweb-always-looks-for-projects-in-var-cache-git-404-no-projects-f >> >> Basically, the variable $projectroot in gitweb.cgi in the beginning is reset to >> the system default value in git_get_projects_list, when it is declared again. >> >> Is this a known bug? Or am I missing something? > > I think the analysis in that stack overflow post is wrong. The use of > "our" in git_get_projects_list is not the culprit. > > The problem is that one should not edit gitweb.cgi directly; its > built-in defaults (which you are tweaking) are overridden by > /etc/gitweb.conf, which is shipped by the Ubuntu package. You should > be making your changes in the config file, not the CGI script. > > -Peff -- Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer Fuentes Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei Institut für Forstgenetik Sieker Landstrasse 2 22927 Grosshansdorf Telefon: +49 (0)4102/696-145 Fax: +49 (0)4102/696-200 Email: alfonso.munozpomer@vti.bund.de Web: http://www.vti.bund.de ```