On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 01:33:25 -0700 Ray Hengst <rkhen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > I am running a Mac 10.6.8 and tried to install git-1.9.0 off of the > installer (git-1.9.0-intel-universal-snow-leopard.dmg). The > installation worked fine and gave no error messages. But whenever I > type in a git command (see below for some I tried), it gives me this > error message: > Illegal instruction > > I am completely new to git and mostly new of Unix, but here are some > commands I tried: > git > git help > git config > git init > git clean > git config --global user.name "John Doe" > git status > > However, typing "man git" displays typical man pages. This has nothing to do with your problem: the `man` program is not part of Git and presumably works; it just finds and reads the specified manual page--which is just plain text--renders it and shows to you. And your problem is with misbehaving Git binary. > I do not have Xcode installed. (it's very hard to find a legacy copy); > the "make" command also is not present, so I can't use any of the > workarounds I saw listed. > I uninstalled git-1.9.0 successfully using the provided script, then > downloaded the same file again (and installed it) to make sure I > didn't get a corrupt copy. I had the same problem, however. > If I can provide any more information just let me know. > Thanks for any help you can provide. I once came across this thread [1] on SO which says this might be due to the binaries compiled for a newer version of the OS than you have installed. In any case, [2] suggests the installer is prepared by the guy behind [3], and that project's bug tracker has a bug for exactly your problem already filed [4]. You might want to chime in there with more details if you feel like it. 1. http://stackoverflow.com/q/14268887/720999 2. http://git-scm.com/download/mac 3. http://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/ 4. http://sourceforge.net/p/git-osx-installer/tickets/97/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
