clone 642603 -1
retitle -1 [btrfs] git fails to upgrade from squeeze: unable to make backup
link: Too many links
found -1 git/1:1.7.7-2
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Jonathan Nieder wrote:
To allow people to upgrade from the broken state without removing git
in between, we'll need to remove some of the hard links
severity 642603 serious
merge 642603 645009
tags 642603 + patch pending
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Antti Kultanen wrote:
On Tue, 11 Oct 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
Do you use btrfs?
Yes. Yes I do.
What's going on?
See http://bugs.debian.org/642603 for details. How about this patch?
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Subject: debian:
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
See http://bugs.debian.org/642603 for details. How about this patch?
Unfortunately it does not fix the problem. Still failing but with a
different file.
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# dpkg -i git_1.7.7-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 433269 files and directories
Antti Kultanen wrote:
# dpkg -i git_1.7.7-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 433269 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace git 1:1.7.6.3-1 (using git_1.7.7-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement git ...
dpkg: error processing git_1.7.7-1_amd64.deb (--install):
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
Antti Kultanen wrote:
unable to make backup link of `./usr/lib/git-core/git-merge-ours' before
installing new version: Too many links
It should be possible to reproduce the bug in 1.7.6.3-1 that that
patch fixed by simply reinstalling git
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