git 1.2.4 and linux-2.6 tree problem

Hello,

	I get repeatable errors when I follow steps from "Kernel Hackers' Guide to 
git" (http://linux.yyz.us/git-howto.html). The thing is when I try to pull 
Linus tree with:

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6

After downloading approx. 60MB I get these errors:

fatal: packfile '/home/me/linux/linux-2.6/.git/objects/pack/tmp-lfnDg8' SHA1 mismatch error: git-clone-pack: unable to read from git-index-pack error: git-index-pack died with error code 128 clone-pack from 'git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git' failed.

The git version is 1.2.4 (marked as stable in gentoo). Any ideas?

Regards,

	Mariusz

Hello again, 

'clone'

The same happens with git version 1.4.1:

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6
Generating pack...
Done counting 293611 objects.
Deltifying 293611 objects.
 100% (293611/293611) done
fatal: unexpected EOF)      
fatal: packfile '/home/me/linux/linux-2.6/.git/objects/pack/tmp-FtdxDS' SHA1 mismatch
error: git-fetch-pack: unable to read from git-index-pack
error: git-index-pack died with error code 128
fetch-pack from 'git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git' failed.

Hope that helps.

Regards,

        Mariusz