branch: master
commit b7c2780c48556a8d3516800d2a67e5d0e12ebde4
Author: Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu>
Commit: Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu>
Warn about transfer.fsckObjects
---
README | 6 ++++--
packages/ada-mode/ada-mode.texi | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
index a1d6fd3..4318bad 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ packages/ directory. You can then add that directory, e.g.
with:
** To deploy the package repository as a remotely-accessible archive:
- git clone .../elpa
+ git -c fetch.fsckObjects=false clone .../elpa
(cd elpa; git clone .../emacs) #If you want to generate :core packages.
mkdir build
cd build
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ packages/ directory. You can then add that directory, e.g.
with:
This deploys the packages to the staging/ directory (sibling of "build").
Unlike "make", this makes a full copy of the packages, tars up
-multi-file packages, and doesn't byte-compile any files.
+multi-file packages, and doesn't byte-compile any files. The
+fetch.fsckObjects setting works around a glitch in the ELPA repository
+<https://debbugs.gnu.org/22690>.
** To access a deployed archive
diff --git a/packages/ada-mode/ada-mode.texi b/packages/ada-mode/ada-mode.texi
index 05e6e77..b6ca48f 100755
--- a/packages/ada-mode/ada-mode.texi
+++ b/packages/ada-mode/ada-mode.texi
@@ -2254,16 +2254,19 @@ Gnu ELPA via git:
@example
cd /Projects
-git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/elpa.git
+git -c fetch.fsckObjects=false clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/elpa.git
@end example
If you have an Emacs Savannah developer account, you can use:
@example
cd /Projects
-git clone <login>@@git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/elpa.git
+git -c fetch.fsckObjects=false clone
<login>@@git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/elpa.git
@end example
+The @samp{fetch.fsckObjects} setting works around a
+@url{https://debbugs.gnu.org/22690, glitch in the ELPA repository}.
+
@file{build/Makefile} contains targets for copying Ada mode source to
the elpa workspace, and for building the elpa archive there.
