Johannes, Thanks for the prompt response. On the systems that work:- >fergus:pwd >/usr/local/packages/git-1.6.0.2 >fergus:mkdir y >fergus:dir y >total 0 >drwxr-xr-x 2 fergus fergus 68 21 Oct 22:52 ./ >drwxr-xr-x 692 fergus fergus 23528 21 Oct 22:52 ../ >fergus:id >uid=501(fergus) gid=501(fergus) groups=501(fergus),98(_lpadmin),101(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),66(_uucp),80(admin) on the system that fails I see >fergus:mkdir y >fergus:dir y >total 0 >drwxr-xr-x 2 fergus wheel 68 Oct 21 22:52 ./ >drwxr-xr-x 693 fergus wheel 23562 Oct 21 22:52 ../ >fergus:id >uid=501(fergus) gid=501(fergus) groups=501(fergus), 81(appserveradm), 79(appserverusr), 80(admin) Looking into this further, creating a file/dir on a BSD based system such as OSX, the group ownership of the file/dir is taken from the enclosing dirs group. Unlike say Solaris or Linux where it is based on your primary group. I had not noticed this difference before! All test passed, after changing the group ownership. >On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Fergus McMenemie wrote: > >> >++ mkdir sub >> >++ cd sub >> >++ umask 002 >> >++ git init --shared=1 >> >fatal: Could not make /usr/local/packages/git-1.6.0.2/t/trash >> >directory/sub/.git/refs writable by group > >I guess this is the problem. > >Could you inspect what owner/group that directory has? > >Ciao, >Dscho -- =============================================================== Fergus McMenemie Email:fergus@xxxxxxxxxx Techmore Ltd Phone:(UK) 07721 376021 Unix/Mac/Intranets Analyst Programmer =============================================================== -- 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
