Git v2.0.0

[Tellie]

Hi

I have probs with git, if i wanne clone a repo i get:

[f:\cmake]git clone ​https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard
Cloning into 'rssguard'...
remote: Counting objects: 11236, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4528/4528), done.
remote: Total 11236 (delta 6681), reused 11048 (delta 6493)
Receiving objects: 100% (11236/11236), 25.01 MiB | 541.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (6681/6681), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
fatal: unable to look up current user in the passwd file: No such file or directory
Unexpected end of command stream

I use Rpm env and Ecs betaII

[Tellie]

Hi,

I try also on my work in a VBox env.

Also Rpm env and latest betaII

I get same results.

[dmik]

The problem is that the RPM env doesn't actually provide the passwd environment despite one could guess. The earlier version of git had a workaround for that which I removed during major cleanup. It then worked for me because, I guess, I have the Samba server installed which provides the passwd file and friends.

So the easiest way to make it work for now is to install the Samba server. By doing that and confirming git works you will also prove that my guess is right. Which is also important. Then we will decide what to do. Most likely I will simply restore that passwd workaround.

[Tellie]

Hi Dimitry,

I install the Samba Server

And now it works :)

Thankz ...

[dryeo]

While I've been using Git for quite a while, both the Bauxite port and now the Bitwise port (thanks for a well done port) without any problems regarding my non-existant passwd file. The other day I cloned the Firefox git tree with Windows and copied it to OS/2 via Fat32 thumbdrive and started getting this error with that one repository and a local clone of it. Installing Samba server did fix it but it wasn't something I really wanted to do so it would be nice to supply a dummy passwd file or put the workaround back in.
Thanks

[Silvan Scherrer]

for this we have a new tool called kLIBCum. yum install kLIBCum.
this is slimm and creates exactly whats needed.