SVN bridge garbage collection fails with an error

[kappa7194]

I'm using Git as a bridge to a Subversion repository, if I try to run the git svn gc command it fails with the error "Compress::Zlib could not be found; unhandled.log files will not be compressed.", it seems a PERL module is missing.

I'm using version git version 1.9.4.msysgit.2 downloaded from http://git-scm.com/.

Let me know if you need additional information.

[dscho]

First of all, 1.9.4.msysgit.2 is pretty old by now. We had two 1.9.5 releases in the meantime.

Further, we are currently switching to a new development environment, with more up-to-date packages. How about giving it a try? Just download the appropriate net installer, let it build Git, and then call pacman -S subversion to add the Subversion support. After that, git svn should work.

[kappa7194]

I've installed version 1.9.5.msysgit.1, the problem persist.

I tried to look at https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra but I couldn't find any installation instruction. Do I only have to tun setup-git-sdk.bat? Do I have to uninstall version 1.9.5.msysgit.1 before? Does it require any manual dependency?

[dscho]

I tried to look at https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra but I couldn't find any installation instruction.

Please have a look at the net installer: https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/releases/tag/net-installer-preview-1

Do I have to uninstall version 1.9.5.msysgit.1 before?

No.

Does it require any manual dependency?

No, it installs everything it needs in the directory you specify at the start of the installation process.

[kappa7194]

Please have a look at the net installer: https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/releases/tag/net-installer-preview-1

Yes I was talking about that, I downloaded git-sdk-64-installer-preview.7z.exe and was wondering if I only had to run the self-extracting archive.

Doing so the installation fails:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 git-for-windows                                                                                  0.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00 [------------------------------------------------------------------------]   0%
 git-for-windows                                                                               1392.0   B  1359K/s 00:00 [########################################################################] 100%

error: failed retrieving file 'mingw32.db' from downloads.sourceforge.net : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds
error: failed to update mingw32 (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'mingw64.db' from downloads.sourceforge.net : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds
error: failed to update mingw64 (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'msys.db' from downloads.sourceforge.net : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds
error: failed to update msys (download library error)
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not find database)
warning: database file for 'mingw32' does not exist
warning: database file for 'mingw64' does not exist
warning: database file for 'msys' does not exist
error: target not found: pacman
warning: database file for 'mingw32' does not exist
warning: database file for 'mingw64' does not exist
warning: database file for 'msys' does not exist
:: There is 1 member in group base:
:: Repository git-for-windows
   1) msys2-runtime

Enter a selection (default=all):
error: target not found: python
error: target not found: less
error: target not found: openssh
error: target not found: patch
error: target not found: make
error: target not found: tar
error: target not found: diffutils
error: target not found: ca-certificates
error: target not found: perl-Error
error: target not found: perl
error: target not found: perl-Authen-SASL
error: target not found: perl-libwww
error: target not found: perl-MIME-tools
error: target not found: perl-Net-SMTP-SSL
error: target not found: perl-TermReadKey
error: target not found: mintty
error: target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
error: target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-curl
error: target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-expat
error: target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-openssl
error: target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-tcl
error: target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre
'mintty' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Maybe it has something to do with me being behind an HTTP proxy? (No, I can't disable it: we don't have direct internet connection, everything must go through the corporate proxy.)

[dscho]

downloads.sourceforge.net : Connection timed out

Unfortunately, this is a known issue with SourceForge: some of these days it is less reliable than we would wish. Typically, it worked for me after I waited a couple of minutes.

FWIW the net installer that is about to be released tries to work around such failures.

[kappa7194]

I tried over a dozen times in the past five hours with no success.

I then managed to enable WiFi tethering on my mobile phone, disconnect the corporate network, and connect to the mobile phone hot-spot, I then launched the setup and it's currently downloading things.

So I think the installer doesn't work when behind a proxy. Would you like me to report the issue on https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra?

[dscho]

I then managed to enable WiFi tethering on my mobile phone, disconnect the corporate network, and connect to the mobile phone hot-spot, I then launched the setup and it's currently downloading things.

So I think the installer doesn't work when behind a proxy.

Yes, that's the problem, you're absolutely correct!

Would you like me to report the issue on https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra?

In the git-for-windows org, we only have one centralized bug tracker, to prevent confusion which bug tracker to use: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues

I would be glad to work with you on resolving this issue.

[kappa7194]

Done, I opened issue https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/46.

I also opened issue https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/47 because later on the installer fails with a command not found error.

[dscho]

Thanks @kappa7194.