From unknown Sat Aug 16 10:49:12 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#22690 <22690@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#22690 <22690@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: ELPA repository is corrupted on Savannah Reply-To: bug#22690 <22690@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:49:12 +0000 retitle 22690 ELPA repository is corrupted on Savannah reassign 22690 emacs submitter 22690 Paul Eggert severity 22690 normal tag 22690 wontfix thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Feb 15 18:26:15 2016 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Feb 2016 23:26:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40571 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVSX1-00006Z-Cc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:26:15 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42130) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVSWz-00006G-9m for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; 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Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) Stephen Leake reported the problem here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-02/msg00867.html Andreas Schwab analyzed it here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-02/msg00887.html The following shell transcript shows how to reproduce the problem: $ git clone -c transfer.fsckObjects=true git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/elpa.git Cloning into 'elpa'... remote: Counting objects: 93882, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (32519/32519), done. error: object 2699d230e3b592ae42506d7b5c969a7ac6a4593c:contains zero-padded file modes fatal: Error in object fatal: index-pack failed From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 06 11:54:20 2017 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 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From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Mar 05 12:33:41 2018 Received: (at 22690) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2018 17:33:41 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46158 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1estzZ-0004wr-6R for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:33:41 -0500 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:38636) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1estzX-0004wd-Ix for 22690@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:33:40 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C47C160E5B; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:33:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id xJV9IzDndqlg; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:33:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7DAF1615D3; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:33:32 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id HnLxoXDdZCcc; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:33:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU (Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU [131.179.64.200]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BF9A0160E5B; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:33:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: bug#22690: ELPA repository is corrupted on Savannah To: rms@gnu.org References: <56C25E86.9090600@cs.ucla.edu> <2c5eea7f-57cd-7b52-9373-42333f77ee79@cs.ucla.edu> From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Message-ID: Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:33:32 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22690 Cc: 22690@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) On 03/05/2018 05:11 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: > What is the problem? The idea that there is no way to > fix it is somewhat shocking. As I understand it the problem is that the repository data uses a Git format that was a mistake and has been deprecated in later Git releases. Current versions of Git do not generate this mistaken format, and optionally warn if they discover it in the repository (the mistaken format still works otherwise). Our repository contains data that was generated by an older Git that had the bug. We could work around the problem by rewriting history, something that is a pain to do with Git (and which arguably is not something we should do, which is why I wrote the somewhat-misleading "the bug cannot be fixed"). We'd rather not work around the problem in this particular case as it's not worth the trouble. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Mar 05 18:05:19 2018 Received: (at 22690) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2018 23:05:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46419 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eszAV-0003zP-6o for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:05:19 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55059) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eszAT-0003zD-Re for 22690@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:05:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eszAN-0005Zz-Pv for 22690@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:05:12 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35508) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eszAM-0005YV-5f; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:05:10 -0500 Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eszAL-0005Oj-KR; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:05:09 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 From: Richard Stallman To: Paul Eggert In-reply-to: (message from Paul Eggert on Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:33:32 -0800) Subject: Re: bug#22690: ELPA repository is corrupted on Savannah References: <56C25E86.9090600@cs.ucla.edu> <2c5eea7f-57cd-7b52-9373-42333f77ee79@cs.ucla.edu> Message-Id: Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:05:09 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22690 Cc: 22690@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > As I understand it the problem is that the repository data uses a Git > format that was a mistake and has been deprecated in later Git releases. > Current versions of Git do not generate this mistaken format, and > optionally warn if they discover it in the repository (the mistaken > format still works otherwise). Our repository contains data that was > generated by an older Git that had the bug. What practical problems does this cause for us? Do we have another repo that we can use? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See https://stallman.org/skype.html. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Mar 05 18:26:07 2018 Received: (at 22690) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2018 23:26:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46434 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eszUc-0004T5-Q1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:26:06 -0500 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:57796) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eszUb-0004SU-63 for 22690@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:26:06 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C52B1615A9; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 15:25:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id xISn3Zb-S2Dv; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 15:25:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8DC41615D3; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 15:25:58 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id Hu64oZ0yB9IK; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 15:25:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU (Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU [131.179.64.200]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9018B1615A9; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 15:25:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: bug#22690: ELPA repository is corrupted on Savannah To: rms@gnu.org References: <56C25E86.9090600@cs.ucla.edu> <2c5eea7f-57cd-7b52-9373-42333f77ee79@cs.ucla.edu> From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Message-ID: <82c51c71-5b0b-6236-4e3b-7bf9cb97aa4c@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 15:25:58 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22690 Cc: 22690@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) On 03/05/2018 03:05 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > What practical problems does this cause for us? > > Do we have another repo that we can use? The only practical problem that I know of is that if one tells Git to complain about the mistaken format, it'll complain. I suppose that a future version of Git could drop support for the mistaken format, but I view that as unlikely; and if it does happen we can work around the problem then. It's not a question of whether to use Git or not, or whether to use another copy of the repository or not. Any simple Git clone of the current repository will have the same problem. Converting to any other repository format (e.g., Bzr) would be equivalent to converting to current Git format; either action would work around the problem equally well. Either action would also be a hassle, though, which is why we haven't done it. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 06 15:52:15 2018 Received: (at 22690) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Mar 2018 20:52:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48069 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1etJZH-0004SF-BP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:52:15 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58692) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1etJZG-0004S3-86 for 22690@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:52:14 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etJZA-0007U5-5t for 22690@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:52:09 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55327) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etJZ8-0007Qe-9N; Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:52:06 -0500 Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1etJZ7-0002F1-Su; Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:52:05 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 From: Richard Stallman To: Paul Eggert In-reply-to: <82c51c71-5b0b-6236-4e3b-7bf9cb97aa4c@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Mon, 5 Mar 2018 15:25:58 -0800) Subject: Re: bug#22690: ELPA repository is corrupted on Savannah References: <56C25E86.9090600@cs.ucla.edu> <2c5eea7f-57cd-7b52-9373-42333f77ee79@cs.ucla.edu> <82c51c71-5b0b-6236-4e3b-7bf9cb97aa4c@cs.ucla.edu> Message-Id: Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:52:05 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22690 Cc: 22690@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > The only practical problem that I know of is that if one tells Git to > complain about the mistaken format, it'll complain. I suppose that a > future version of Git could drop support for the mistaken format, but I > view that as unlikely; and if it does happen we can work around the > problem then. Thanks. I agree that we don't need to do anything now. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See https://stallman.org/skype.html. From unknown Sat Aug 16 10:49:12 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator