Bug 218274

Summary:	coreutils (6.10-r1, 6.10-r2) generates an access violation if you have a /.git
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Steven Parkes <smparkes>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	ingmar
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Steven Parkes 2008-04-18 15:31:06 UTC

I keep some files in git in /. Trying to emerge coreutils-6.10-r1 and -r2 gives

--------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY ---------------------------
LOG FILE = "/var/log/sandbox/sandbox-18846.log"

open_wr:   /.git/index.lock
open_wr:   /.git/index.lock
open_wr:   /.git/index.lock
open_wr:   /.git/index.lock
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Reproducible: Always




Moving /.git out of the way for the duration of the merge works as a workaround.

Comment 1 Ingmar Vanhassel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-18 15:39:40 UTC

A .git directory *definitely* doesn't belong in /.

Comment 2 Steven Parkes 2008-04-18 15:50:19 UTC

I use it as an alternative to, but in more or less the same spirit as, dispatch-conf ...

... but, hey, whatever ...

Comment 3 Ingmar Vanhassel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-18 16:19:52 UTC

You probably want to use "git --git-dir=${location} --work-tree=/" or something similar then.

Comment 4 Steven Parkes 2008-04-18 16:24:29 UTC

Good idea. Thanks.