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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Error_when_dropping___34__hGetLine:_end_of_file__34__.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Error_when_dropping___34__hGetLine:_end_of_file__34__.mdwn index 834a5f54f..d0b2c1538 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Error_when_dropping___34__hGetLine:_end_of_file__34__.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Error_when_dropping___34__hGetLine:_end_of_file__34__.mdwn @@ -21,3 +21,11 @@ Since adding a certain directory of files (just a bunch of PDFs) yesterday I am [many more repetitions] If I `git annex get` the files and then drop them again, a further attempt at a drop gives all these errors again. + +> So in summary, a git-annex built against the old version of git in +> debian stable fails to work with a newer version of git, and rebuilding +> fixes it. FWIW, the git-annex backport to stable does not have this +> problem, because it checks git version at runtime. But I want to avoid +> the overhead of that check in git-annex mainline, because this old git +> version is well, very old and increasingly unlikely to be used. So, +> I don't think any changes to git-annex are warrented. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |