Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:32:19 -0500 From: Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to git clone ports collection Message-ID: <20240201013219.dthr2iyomowho76n@yosemite.mars.lan> In-Reply-To: <bf3dc439-7fd7-4075-a7f6-11e003cd993c@app.fastmail.com> References: <20240131061508.5nttnygaqrwvm6xi@yosemite.mars.lan> <bf3dc439-7fd7-4075-a7f6-11e003cd993c@app.fastmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 07:48:36AM +0000, Dave Cottlehuber wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2024, at 06:15, Paul M Foster wrote: > > Folks: > > > > I'm following the docs at docs.freebsd.org. There's a line which dictates: > > > > git clone https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git /usr/ports > > > > This results in a redirection error. The error: > > > > Cloning into '/usr/ports' > > fatal: unable to update url base from redirection: > > asked for: > > https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack > > redirect: https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports > > > > Nothing is downloaded at /usr/ports and in fact the directory doesn't > > exist. > > On a fresh server, this seems to work just fine (here in EU at least) > and that's the same URL I use for fetching daily from ports tree. > > > git clone -v https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git /tmp/ports > Cloning into '/tmp/ports'... > POST git-upload-pack (175 bytes) > POST git-upload-pack (gzip 7002 to 3523 bytes) > remote: Enumerating objects: 6084351, done. > remote: Counting objects: 100% (936/936), done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (120/120), done. > ^C⏎ > > So I'm guessing either temporary glitch, or your local mirror > isn't happy? > > re-try with: > > env GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 GIT_TRACE=1 git clone -v \ > https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git /usr/ports > > and report back anything interesting. Oh well, that's weird. With your exact steps, it appears to be working (download of this code takes a looooong time, so it's not finished yet). Lots of gibberish, but then it started downloading. How could simply adding a verbose parameter make that kind of change? Paul -- Paul M. Foster Personal Blog: http://noferblatz.com Company Site: http://quillandmouse.com Software Projects: https://gitlab.com/paulmfoster
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