On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:41:52 +0100 Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org> wrote:
> Control: tags -1 wontfix > > On Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:04:41 +0200 intrigeri <intrig...@debian.org> > wrote: > > Control: tag -1 + upstream > > > > Hi, > > > > Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote (02 Jul 2016 14:51:26 GMT) : > > > It looks like there is an error in the git repository for debian > > > packaging for iproute2: > > > > FWIW, I've just stumbled upon the same problem (trying to help with > > #783276) when cloning the upstream repo: > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.g > it > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > intrigeri > > Hi, > > Thanks for the report, but running git fsck these all look like errors > in the upstream repository tags, so they should be fixed there. It > smells like it was the result of a migration from whatever was used > before git. > > Incidentally, any idea if these problems can actually be fixed without > breaking the history of the repository? Any suggestion on what do to? > Perhaps these tags should be deleted and recreated? A bit of a hassle > to sync, but doable. > > Looks like they had a similar problem in collectd: > > https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2115 > > Stephen, FYI: this is easily reproducible by running "git fsck" in the > upstream repository. > Mostly this is because older versions of git did things in messy way and were less picky. kernel repo has same issue.
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