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bug#22690: ELPA repository is corrupted on Savannah
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
bug#22690: ELPA repository is corrupted on Savannah |
Date: |
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:05:09 -0500 |
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> As I understand it the problem is that the repository data uses a Git
> format that was a mistake and has been deprecated in later Git releases.
> Current versions of Git do not generate this mistaken format, and
> optionally warn if they discover it in the repository (the mistaken
> format still works otherwise). Our repository contains data that was
> generated by an older Git that had the bug.
What practical problems does this cause for us?
Do we have another repo that we can use?
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