Re: [bug-inetutils] Install problem on Mac OS

[Mats Erik Andersson]

lördag den  4 juni 2011 klockan 14:53 skrev Alfred M. Szmidt detta:
> [Please keep the CC intact; I am not the only one who is on the list
> who can help you!]
> 
>    address@hidden inetutils] % ./bootstrap
>    ./bootstrap: Bootstrapping from checked-out inetutils sources...
>    consider installing git-merge-changelog from gnulib
>    ./bootstrap: getting gnulib files...
>    Cloning into gnulib...
> 
>    it stop there almost 3 hours. Is it OK?
>    It there is some error, what is it? Thanks
> 
> Yeah, something is weird with the gnulib repo; I don't know what.
> Mats-Erik had similar problems; Mats-Erik you know if this was solved?
> Did you solve it somehow?

Based on my observations Jonathan Nieder, maintainer for the git package
within Debian, was able to conclude that it is a locking bug in the service
'git fetch-pack' [1]. Therefore the problem will persists until Savannah
updates to a better issue of Git. The bootstrap code attempts at making
a shallow fetch of GNUlib, which causes the problem. Simon recommended
a full download of GNUlib, and updating it. That works well for me.
There is not much more we are able to do as a subproject at Savannah.
Again, the problem lies at the server side of the connection, not in
your client, and it only surfaces forreally large repositories.

Best regards,
  Mats

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/626212