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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-08-15 14:07:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-08-15 14:07:12 -0400 |
| commit | 9bd6d2bc229cc1d5ec859ba37d5364b33d96a171 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d65d836b0bc1b243135117530f4b46269de2281 /doc | |
| parent | 6fd6d286a2d35a6f48ede6a6cbebf322b0107d3d (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/git-annex_add_out_of_memory_error/comment_11_459f810fd06aab3ddeeba8207d774dc0._comment b/doc/forum/git-annex_add_out_of_memory_error/comment_11_459f810fd06aab3ddeeba8207d774dc0._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2907187a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/git-annex_add_out_of_memory_error/comment_11_459f810fd06aab3ddeeba8207d774dc0._comment @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 11""" + date="2017-08-15T18:00:42Z" + content=""" +Yes, I think that the git-annex-standalone.deb is potentially broken +by mismatches between the system locales and the bundled version of glibc. + +The git-annex standalone tarball was designed to be unpacked by the user +who's going to use it; having root install it is not using it as it was +designed. If you're going to have root install something, why not have them +install a docker container or some other container format designed to be +installed by root, that can completely isolate the application inside it? + +(As to the getdelim error specifically, here's a link to the thread where +that bug in git was tracked down and patched +<https://public-inbox.org/git/20170810202942.s232yr5stjxmmz4t@hopa.kiewit.dartmouth.edu/>. +I'm still not clear on how locale issues might contribute to the getdelim +error. It seems like something before the getdelim call is failing in this +situation for whatever reason, and that might be the actual root cause.) +"""]] |