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Package: git-core
Version: 1:1.5.3.4-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
I've installed git-core and tried to clone a repository
yyy$ git clone xxx
Initialized empty Git repository in /yyy/xxx
/usr/bin/git-clone: line 37: curl: command not found
After installing curl, everything started working.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages git-core depends on:
ii cpio 2.9-6 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.17.1-1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii libdigest-sha1-perl 2.11-2 NIST SHA-1 message digest algorith
ii liberror-perl 0.15-8 Perl module for error/exception ha
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-4 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii perl-modules 5.8.8-12 Core Perl modules
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-6 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages git-core recommends:
pn curl <none> (no description available)
pn git-doc <none> (no description available)
ii less 409-1 Pager program similar to more
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:4.6p1-5 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original
ii rsync 2.6.9-5 fast remote file copy program (lik
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 02:48:47PM +0100, Sebastian Harl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:14:15PM -0200, R. Lemos wrote:
> > Package: git-core
> > Version: 1:1.5.3.4-1
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable
>
> This is not justified at all (I don't even think it's a bug at all) - see
> below...
>
> > I've installed git-core and tried to clone a repository
> >
> > yyy$ git clone xxx
> > Initialized empty Git repository in /yyy/xxx
> > /usr/bin/git-clone: line 37: curl: command not found
>
> You've skipped the important part in "xxx" - you're accessing a repository
> using the HTTP protocol - which requires curl. However, there are a lot of
> other possible ways to access repositories (e.g. git://, ssh://) which do not
> require curl. So there is no strict requirement for any Git user to install
> curl - that's why curl is only recommended by git-core rather than required.
>
> A recommendation is defined as a package "that would be found together with
> this one in all but unusual installations", which imho is exactly the case for
> curl here. If you do not install recommended packages automatically, you
> should have a look at the documentation if something fails.
>
> > Versions of packages git-core recommends:
> > pn curl <none> (no description available)
> [...]
I totally agree with Sebastian, thanks. See also #358915, #386750 and
#440976.
Regards, Gerrit.
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