Re: git 1.6.0.2 make test fails at t1301 under mac os x 10.4.

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:

quoted

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++ 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

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