Andreas Ericsson venit, vidit, dixit 30.04.2009 10:26: > Martin Langhoff wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Michael J Gruber >> <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> But I just re-read your original report, and there's some inconsistency: >>> >>> git-svn triggers cat-file's usage message which says "git-cat-file ...". >>> The dash indicates that it is a git cat-file before v1.6.0.1-13-g34baebc >>> (where the dash was removed), so it's definitely not the current maint >>> you think you are using. >>> >>> Do you have older ubuntu git packages installed in $PATH? >> >> Bingo! Yes, >> >> ~$ which git-cat-file >> /usr/bin/git-cat-file >> ~$ /usr/bin/git version >> git version 1.5.6.3 >> >> now that's really weird. git from ~/bin is using git-cat-file from >> /usr/bin instead of ~/libexec/git-core ... how is the libexec path set >> in the PATH during the execution of the script? >> > > If you're executing "git-svn", the "git-svn" found first in your $PATH > will be used. Same with "git" really, so if you have a $PATH like this: > > PATH=/usr/bin:$(HOME)/bin > > you will always use the git from /usr/bin (naturally). But he wrote he executed "git svn", and "git --version" showed the more current version. So it can't be a PATH issue. It may be PERL5LIB, though. > >> the funny thing is that Ubuntu wants to have git-core in place if >> you're rebuilding kernel packages. I don't need to rebuild my kernel >> anymore but I am sure this is an issue for others. What's the trick? >> Add the libexec/git-core to the PATH before /usr/bin? Should git >> internally append libexec/git-core earlier in the search path? >> > > The possibly easiest solution to your particular problem is to just > remove the files installed by the git-core package and then log out > and back in (to clear any persistent shell cache). You may need to > mark git-core as not updateable in your apt config. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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