X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=hoM TXAHLOPlv/DdctcFxgTmnGSABJmHMWZ3IT5uEcZbuwIEHcg8gLo1KPOnNGDh5Zol c+hL64BPxshkbyAedb1EfV8XZuttslbGvOkIugAx53JfbmHUGxT92LS99oL1EDsn PUXuYSvj5hyk1PPYJ6T083RCSZcXibY//eISF4NM= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=Ykq7WKBUZ x7LbmTL6b/Nk20xlBs=; b=aKsprr3qcVZGvb9kVdSrTiNPm9VObAk1enQUaJrnT vwu6ry0fnmtQnSmUB8Tf44l3jNaLe0+lbx8gXjZ0LGJrSZiQvvdkzLQRl2hEuGZD n485+Qn5wfdAniat7ru8s40JgqOhR9Q5gXVEuCsDuwm0/H44UW3/t2Yy4cI9khQp 3A= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: p3plsmtpa06-10.prod.phx3.secureserver.net Message-ID: <52AB8D16.5080300@cesinst.com> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:41:26 -0800 From: Mark Stevans User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Desperate workaround for Git 64-Bit crashes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Last Cygwin core update introduced disastrous (i.e. for me) Git bugs, where some commands instantly crash, e.g.: % git gc error: pack-refs died of signal 11 error: failed to run pack-refs Tried rebasing, reinstalling Git, no help. Used "strace" to help identify executable "/usr/lib/git-core/git" as the problem: executing it in a shell with no arguments resulted in an immediate Segmentation Violation (executing "strace /usr/lib/git-core/git" worked fine). Surprisingly, "/bin/git" was a hard-link to the same file and started up fine (suggesting executable name/location dependencies). In desperation, executed % cd /usr/lib/git-core % rm git % ln -s /bin/git and, amazingly, "/usr/lib/git-core/git" now executes and high-level commands are working again. Can't explain, but wanted to pass this strangeness on -- see log below.... MLS [502 14:32:13][mstevans@Gragon: ~]$ cd /usr/lib/git-core [503 14:32:21][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ rm git [504 14:32:22][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ln /bin/git . [505 14:32:25][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ cd [507 14:32:31][mstevans@Gragon: ~]$ /usr/lib/git-core/git Segmentation fault [508 14:32:37][mstevans@Gragon: ~]$ cd /usr/lib/git-core [510 14:32:47][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ./git Segmentation fault [511 14:32:52][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ln git dog [512 14:33:02][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ./dog Segmentation fault [513 14:33:04][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ rm dog [514 14:33:09][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ln -s git dog [515 14:33:13][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ./dog Segmentation fault [516 14:33:16][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ rm dog [517 14:33:22][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ln -s /bin/git dog [518 14:33:25][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ./dog usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] [-c name=value] [--help] [] The most commonly used git commands are: add Add file contents to the index bisect Find by binary search the change that introduced a bug branch List, create, or delete branches checkout Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree clone Clone a repository into a new directory commit Record changes to the repository diff Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc fetch Download objects and refs from another repository grep Print lines matching a pattern init Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one log Show commit logs merge Join two or more development histories together mv Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink pull Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch push Update remote refs along with associated objects rebase Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head reset Reset current HEAD to the specified state rm Remove files from the working tree and from the index show Show various types of objects status Show the working tree status tag Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG See 'git help ' for more information on a specific command. [519 14:33:28][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ rm git dog [520 14:33:38][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ln -s /bin/git [521 14:33:51][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ ./git usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] [-c name=value] [--help] [] The most commonly used git commands are: add Add file contents to the index bisect Find by binary search the change that introduced a bug branch List, create, or delete branches checkout Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree clone Clone a repository into a new directory commit Record changes to the repository diff Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc fetch Download objects and refs from another repository grep Print lines matching a pattern init Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one log Show commit logs merge Join two or more development histories together mv Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink pull Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch push Update remote refs along with associated objects rebase Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head reset Reset current HEAD to the specified state rm Remove files from the working tree and from the index show Show various types of objects status Show the working tree status tag Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG See 'git help ' for more information on a specific command. [522 14:33:52][mstevans@Gragon: /usr/lib/git-core]$ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple