Hi, On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Dilip M wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Johannes Schindelin > <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > > 'd try running it with strace, and then search the output for stat() > > calls involving <something>/.git. > > Seems like we are almost there....here is the log.. > > dm-laptop:~/repos/atria> grep gitk /tmp/gitk_1.log > execve("/usr/bin/gitk", ["/usr/bin/gitk"], [/* 37 vars */]) = 0 > open("/usr/bin/gitk", O_RDONLY) = 3 > execve("/usr/bin/wish8.4", ["/usr/bin/wish8.4", "/usr/bin/gitk", > "--"], [/* 37 vars */]) = 0 > stat("/usr/bin/gitk", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=237778, ...}) = 0 > open("/usr/bin/gitk", O_RDONLY) = 6 > lstat("/usr/share/gitk", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 > lstat("/usr/share/gitk/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 > lstat("/usr/share/gitk/lib/msgs", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 > access("/usr/share/gitk/lib/msgs/en_in.msg", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No > such file or directory) <====== > lstat("/usr/share/gitk", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 > lstat("/usr/share/gitk/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 > lstat("/usr/share/gitk/lib/msgs", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 > access("/usr/share/gitk/lib/msgs/en.msg", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) <====== > stat("/home/dm/.gitk", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=683, ...}) = 0 > open("/home/dm/.gitk", O_RDONLY) = 6 > writev(5, [{"\22\0\7\0\16\0@\3\'\0\0\0\37\0\0\0\10NG\0\4\0\0\0gitk\20"..., > 48}], 1) = 48 > writev(5, [{"\22\0\7\0\16\0@\3(\1\0\0\37\1\0\0\10AME\4\0\0\0gitk\22"..., > 112}], 1) = 112 > > dm-laptop:~/repos/atria> ls -l /usr/share/gitk/lib/msgs/en_in.msg > ls: cannot access /usr/share/gitk/lib/msgs/en_in.msg: No such file or directory > > But how is it working when I do 'sudo'.. Let's find out. You can run the strace with sudo, too. I bet it uses another git. Ciao, Dscho -- 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