Git server issues?

Git server issues?

[Jamie McClymont]

Hello,

Cloning the spectrum nixpkgs repo seems to consistently fail, after downloading all the objects, with:

    fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet
    fatal: early EOF
    fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output

Have confirmed this across a couple of networks. Relatedly, the git web interface seems to always 504 Gateway Timeout while a clone is in progress.

I wonder if the git server is configured to only handle one thread/request at a time, and the clone process involves 2 concurrent requests? (either that, or the server is actually overloaded).

fyi, as a workaround: clone nixpkgs from elsewhere, then add the spectrum nixpkgs remote and fetch - it will also be much faster :)

Thanks
- Jamie McClymont

Re: Git server issues?

[Alyssa Ross]

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"Jamie McClymont" <jamie@kwiius.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Cloning the spectrum nixpkgs repo seems to consistently fail, after
> downloading all the objects, with:
>
>     fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet
>     fatal: early EOF
>     fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output
>
> Have confirmed this across a couple of networks. Relatedly, the git
> web interface seems to always 504 Gateway Timeout while a clone is in
> progress.
>
> I wonder if the git server is configured to only handle one
> thread/request at a time, and the clone process involves 2 concurrent
> requests? (either that, or the server is actually overloaded).
>
> fyi, as a workaround: clone nixpkgs from elsewhere, then add the spectrum nixpkgs remote and fetch - it will also be much faster :)

Hi!  I think a large part of what you've seen here is going to be that
I've been working on the server doing some upgrades for the past couple
of hours, so services have been being restarted a bunch.  If you feel
like trying again tomorrow, I'd be interested to know if the problem
persists during normal server operation.

Some better infrastructure is planned once I have some more funds
available. :)

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