It occurs to me that I still have the broken repo as a backup. Would you be interested in seeing it?
On 19 September 2010 07:48, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Michael Richter <ttmrich...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> OK, so I fixed it shortly before crashing for the night. I'll go over >> what I did to fix it, but can't help you on the "what's causing the redirect >> loop" thing because I really have no clue. The only even remotely relevant >> change I can think of having done was changing the home to point away from >> an internal document back to /home. >> >> First, trying to access specific URLs (like /setup) just didn't work. >> Everything got thrown into a redirect loop. >> >> Second, cloning the repo didn't fix the problem. Whatever the problem was >> it's something that lives through a cloning. >> >> What did work in the end was fossil configuration reset all. After doing >> that I had an accessible repository again that allowed me to change >> everything. I'll tinker around sometime today to see if I can replicate >> this problem. >> > > That's a good one to remember. When the repository is not accessible: > > fossil config reset all > > I would have suggested that earlier, but I had forgotten about it. > Hopefully l will remember next time. :-) > > Please do try to replication your problem so that we can set about fixing > it. > > > >> >> >> On 18 September 2010 21:44, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Michael Richter >>> <ttmrich...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I've got a fossil repository I can't touch because of something being >>>> reported as a "redirect loop". Firefox just gives a "user-friendly" error >>>> with no useful information. >>> >>> >>> With "fossil ui" running, try manually moving to the setup pages by >>> typing in a URL like this: >>> >>> http://localhost:8080/setup >>> >>> Can you give me some clues as to what is causing the redirect loop so >>> that I can fix the problem in the Fossil code? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Chrome gives a bit more: >>>> >>>> This webpage has a redirect loop. >>>> >>>> The webpage at *http://halfbaked.doesntexist.org/repos/microbe/home* has >>>> resulted in too many redirects. Clearing your cookies for this site or >>>> allowing third-party cookies may fix the problem. If not, it is possibly a >>>> server configuration issue and not a problem with your computer. >>>> Here are some suggestions: >>>> >>>> - Reload <http://halfbaked.doesntexist.org/repos/microbe/home> this >>>> web page later. >>>> - Learn >>>> more<http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95626&hl=en-US> >>>> about >>>> this problem. >>>> >>>> More information on this error >>>> >>>> Below is the original error message >>>> Error 310 (net::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS): There were too many redirects. >>>> The problem is I get this both on a local repository (i.e. fossil server >>>> or fossil ui) and on my remote one. So I can't actually, you know, access >>>> my repository to administer it. Can anybody give me an idea of how to get >>>> around this problem that doesn't involve losing all my previous work? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the >>>> discussions of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the >>>> Chinese people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot." >>>> --Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" >>>> mantra. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> fossil-users mailing list >>>> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >>>> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> D. Richard Hipp >>> d...@sqlite.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> fossil-users mailing list >>> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >>> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions >> of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese >> people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot." >> --Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fossil-users mailing list >> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >> >> > > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > -- "Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot." --Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra.
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