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

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 21:00:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 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 23:45:23 +0100

Dear,

On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 at 17:05, Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Gosh, it has been months.  I'm not sure, and I'm pretty mentally
> spent.

Sorry for the delay.


> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:00 PM zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> wrote:

>> >            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?

Well, I mark this bug as moreinfo for now.  Feel free to provide an
example to reproduce when you can.


All the best,
simon
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