GNU bug report logs - #41339
Installing 'git:send-email' masks underlying git installations and does not imply installing git

Previous Next

Full log

Message #11 received at 41339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41339: Installing 'git:send-email' masks underlying git
 installations and does not imply installing git
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:00:00 +0100

Dear,

On Sat, 16 May 2020 at 16:59, Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991 <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> When installing "git:send-email", the dependency "git" is not
> installed.

It is an eternal question. :-)  Should installing the package “python-foo”
or “r-bar” also install the package “python” or the package “r-minimal”?

Well, the answer seems being: it is up to the user.  Because of
diversity.  Imagine that I want to install Git version x.y and the Git
package coming with “git:send-email” is at version p.q.  Just one
example.

Therefore, I do not think it can be considered as a bug.

>            Installing this also masks a local installation of git
> masked when running in a foreign distro.  The particular failure
> observed is that repos transferred over https no longer worked with
> the error `fatal: unable to find remote helper for 'https'`.

I am not sure to understand.  What do you mean?  Could you provide an
example to reproduce?


All the best,
simon

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.