Let's be more precise - the command that repedetly fails is the following. It is reponsible for both the "XML error" message and the segfault. git-http-fetch -v -a 79ac640b3129344d4e94573ddaea09ccda1b8e3b http://digilander.libero.it/mcostalba/scm/qgit.git/ Output goes like: walk 79ac640b3129344d4e94573ddaea09ccda1b8e3b walk d8bc846d8d2709fa240887da512e8b125a669006 walk 5d0d2f1703976e04c6db1e55ea6a044981b9ed20 error: File f7dc43059ca42dec2ea7214a33d1ff3c35e0aca5 (http://digilander.libero.it/mcostalba/scm/qgit.git/objects/f7/dc43059ca42dec2ea7214a33d1ff3c35e0aca5) corrupt Getting pack list for http://digilander.libero.it/mcostalba/scm/qgit.git/ error: XML error: syntax error Getting index for pack c47999034002469dddee39ba0069c1b1a84487a5 error: Unable to open local file .git/objects/pack/pack-c47999034002469dddee39ba0069c1b1a84487a5.idx for pack index Getting alternates list for http://digilander.libero.it/mcostalba/scm/qgit.git/ Also look at <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="5;URL=http://digiland.libe Also look at <BASE HREF="http://digiland.liber Segmentation fault (core dumped) gdb backtrace is: #0 0xb7caa5d0 in strncpy () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #1 0x0804c177 in process_alternates_response (callback_data=0xbfd428ec) at http-fetch.c:587 #2 0x0804a6c8 in process_curl_messages () at http.c:461 #3 0x0804a773 in step_active_slots () at http.c:379 #4 0x0804a7c7 in run_active_slot (slot=0x807f6a8) at http.c:400 #5 0x0804c565 in fetch_alternates (base=0xbfd45424 "http://digilander.libero.it/mcostalba/scm/qgit.git/";) at http-fetch.c:668 #6 0x0804d46c in fetch (sha1=0x807f448 "÷ÜC\005\234¤-ì.§!J3Ñÿ<5ଥ\225¹\005\b") at http-fetch.c:1131 #7 0x0804a1ad in pull (target=0xbfd453fb "79ac640b3129344d4e94573ddaea09ccda1b8e3b") at fetch.c:168 #8 0x0804b590 in main (argc=5, argv=0xbfd43af4) at http-fetch.c:1269 The crash in process_alternates_response occurs on line: 587 strncpy(target + serverlen, data + i, 588 posn - i - 7); (gdb) p target $1 = 0x80800b8 "http://digilander.libero.it//-->\n</script>\n\n<script language=\"Javascript\" src=\"/x/js/nu05.js\"></script>\n\n<script>\n<!--\n\nfunction loaded() {\n\tcommon_boot();\n\t\n\t\t\n}\n\nfunction unloaded() {\n\tcommon_unload"... (gdb) p target+serverlen $2 = 0x80800d3 "//-->\n</script>\n\n<script language=\"Javascript\" src=\"/x/js/nu05.js\"></script>\n\n<script>\n<!--\n\nfunction loaded() {\n\tcommon_boot();\n\t\n\t\t\n}\n\nfunction unloaded() {\n\tcommon_unload();\n\t}\n\nfunction eoc() {\n\tc"... (gdb) p data $3 = 0x809c840 "" (gdb) p i $4 = 134739640 (gdb) p posn $5 = 1304 Looks like something is going very wrong, like wrong assumptions about received HTML. -- Yann Dirson <ydirson@xxxxxxxxxx> | Debian-related: <dirson@xxxxxxxxxx> | Support Debian GNU/Linux: | Freedom, Power, Stability, Gratis http://ydirson.free.fr/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/> - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html