linuxgeek: [nslu2-linux] Re: optware package git_1.7.12.1-1

Thanks Brian for your answer. I followed your advice and checked the ds101g+ libc, but "unfortunatelly" it looks like yours:

DiskStation> /lib/libc.so.6
GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.3, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 3.3.4.
Compiled on a Linux 2.4.22-uc0 system on 2004-12-09.
Available extensions:
...

What makes me suspicious of this situation is that I couldn't find one single user with this sort of problem on the web. I started with an original ds101g+ and added just the few packages needed to host repositories (no other hacking whatsoever). Ok the device is pretty old and likely most of the users dealt with these issues years ago. But here comes my point: isn't it possible that maybe older git packages were working fine on ds101g+ ? I wonder if I there is a way to install one of those old packages and see what happen (ipkg -force-downgrade makes no difference).

ghiro

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Brian" <b88zhou@...> wrote:
>
>
> I don't have an explanation. But I tried it on a ds209j with the same feed and it's working fine.
>
> $ mkdir test
> $ cd test
> $ git init
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/bzhou/tmp/test/.git/
> (master)$ echo hi > hi
> (master)$ git add hi
> (master)$ git commit -m 'first commit'
> [master (root-commit) 2cd372e] first commit
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> create mode 100644 hi
>
> This probably points to a buggy libc on ds101g+?
>
> $ /lib/libc.so.6
> GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.3, by Roland McGrath et al.
> Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> Compiled by GNU CC version 3.3.4.
> Compiled on a Linux 2.4.22-uc0 system on 2004-12-09.
> Available extensions:
> GNU libio by Per Bothner
> crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
> linuxthreads-0.10 by Xavier Leroy
> BIND-8.2.3-T5B
> libthread_db work sponsored by Alpha Processor Inc
> NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk
> software FPU emulation by Richard Henderson, Jakub Jelinek and others
> Report bugs using the `glibcbug' script to bugs@....
>
> hmm, libc is also pretty old on ds209j. Wonder what are the other differences?
>
> -Brian
>
> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "ghiro2000" ghiro2000@ wrote:
> >
> > Hi dear folks, I've spent three full days trying to get git working on a
> > synology ds101g+ diskstation with no result. My aim is to enable ds101g+
> > to host git repositories. The error is trivial to describe and to
> > reproduce. After installing all the necessary packages (core-utils, ssh,
> > git, ...) I connected to the diskstation via ssh and performed this
> > simple test:
> >
> > - initialize an empty repository
> > DiskStation> cd /volume1/repos/
> > DiskStation> mkdir test
> > DiskStation> cd test
> > DiskStation> git init
> > Initialized empty Git repository in /volume1/repos/test/.git/
> >
> > - add a single file and commit
> > DiskStation> echo 'hi' > hi
> > DiskStation> git add hi
> > Diskstation> git commit -m "first commit"
> > error: unable to find 45b983be36b73c0788dc9cbcb76cbb80fc7bb057
> > fatal: 45b983be36b73c0788dc9cbcb76cbb80fc7bb057 is not a valid
> > object
> >
> > - What's that? Let's check the filesystem
> > DiskStation> git fsck
> > notice: HEAD points to an unborn branch (master)
> > Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
> > error: unable to find 45b983be36b73c0788dc9cbcb76cbb80fc7bb057
> > fatal: failed to read object
> > 45b983be36b73c0788dc9cbcb76cbb80fc7bb057: Bad file descriptor
> >
> > - the funny part is that the objects DO EXIST in the filesystem:
> > DiskStation> find .git/objects/ -type f
> > .git/objects/45/b983be36b73c0788dc9cbcb76cbb80fc7bb057
> >
> > The bottom line is that git do not accept any commit. This is really a
> > strange error which seems to depend on the git package. To confirm this
> > suspect I mounted the git repository via ssh and perfomed the same check
> > from a PC (this time using git on the PC):
> > PC> sshfs git@diskstation:/volume1/repos/test ~/test
> > PC> cd test
> > PC> git fsck
> > notice: HEAD points to an unborn branch (master)
> > notice: No default references
> >
> > NO ERRORS! Which implies that the repository is not corrupted. So what?
> > Am I doing right? Anyone out there have an idea of what's going on?
> > Thanks a lot
> >
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