Re: gdb.git hiccup

Christopher Faylor
2009-10-04T14:49:50Z

On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 08:51:32AM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
>But when I tried to diagnose it, I discovered that there are unreadable
>temporary pack files owned by from back in February that prevent a local clone.
>
> sourceware$ cd /git/archer.git/objects; ls -l tmp*
> -rw------- 1 rmoseley archer 368640 Feb 9 2009 tmp_pack_hMUtoO
> -rw------- 1 rmoseley archer 876544 Feb 9 2009 tmp_pack_jmBcho
> -rw------- 1 rmoseley archer 1007616 Feb 9 2009 tmp_pack_zbwx0m
>
>I have neither root access nor archer group membership, so cannot remove
>them, and sent a request to overseers yesterday. No reply yet.

How did rmosely manage to create these files when he does not have
login privileges? Do we need to close a hole here somewhere?

cgf