On 2010-01-26 Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/t/trash > > directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ <M.out > > /tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/git-is-binary M.out 4.out > > static buffer is not binary > > stdin is not binary > > M.out is binary > > 4.out is not binary > > > > > I’ve also attached a diff-debug.patch to ask git diff to reveal > > > which file it considers binary. > > > > ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/t/trash > > directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ /tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/git-diff > > --no-index M.out 4.out > > a/M.out is binary > > b/4.out is binary > > diff --git a/M.out b/4.out > > index 4aefa95..d5ec90a 100644 > > Binary files a/M.out and b/4.out differ > Strange: 4.out is binary for git-diff but not for git-is-binary. > Nothing obvious makes M.out significantly different from 4.out. With > git-is-binary, 4.out, and M.out as before, could you try these? > <4.out git-is-binary 4.out M.out > cp M.out M2.out > <4.out git-is-binary M.out M2.out > <M2.out git-is-binary M.out M2.out okay: ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ <4.out /tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/git-is-binary 4.out M.out static buffer is not binary stdin is not binary 4.out is binary M.out is not binary ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ cp M.out M2.out ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ <4.out /tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/git-is-binary M.out M2.out static buffer is not binary stdin is not binary M.out is binary M2.out is not binary ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ <M2.out /tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/git-is-binary M.out M2.out static buffer is not binary stdin is not binary M.out is binary M2.out is not binary > > FWIW all versions of git-diff I tried (1.6.6, 1.6.5, and 1.5.6.5) > > report "Binary files a/M.out and b/4.out differ". > I am hoping we have enough information for a libc bug report (probably > a kernel bug, but libc is a place to start). I have attached > generic-is-binary.c to pin this down; could you try: > uname -r > dpkg -l libc6 > gcc -Wall -W -O -o generic-is-binary generic-is-binary.c > <M.out ./generic-is-binary M.out ametz...@merulo:/tmp$ uname -r 2.6.32.2-dsa-ia64-mckinley ametz...@merulo:/tmp$ dpkg -l libc6 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ in libc6 <none> (no description available) ametz...@merulo:/tmp$ dpkg -l libc6.1 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii libc6.1 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries ametz...@merulo:/tmp$ gcc -Wall -W -O -o generic-is-binary generic-is-binary.c ametz...@merulo:/tmp$ popd /tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way ametz...@merulo:/tmp/GIT/git-core-1.6.6-debug/t/trash directory.t1001-read-tree-m-2way$ <M.out /tmp/generic-is-binary M.out stdin is not binary M.out is binary > If M.out (but not stdin) is reported to be binary, great: git is > exonerated, and we have an independent test case. You win. ;-) > If that doesn’t work, it would be nice to learn where the unexpected > zero bytes are. The attached xdiff-debug.patch asks > "git diff --no-index M.out 4.out" which bytes it thinks are null. I have skipped that. thanks, cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
