From: Valerie Clement <valerie.clement@bull.net>
Subject: Re: E2fsprogs git tree
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:31:18 +0200
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Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
To: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
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Theodore Tso wrote:
> What version of git are you using?  Make sure you are using something
> which is at least git 1.5.x.

Thanks for your answer. I'm using an older version of git, 1.4.4.4.
I've never got any problem with it to download a linux kernel tree usin=
g=20
an http URL, but I will update it.

> The http walkers are *much* more inefficient.  I did try out git-clon=
e
> using the http URL's, and it works, but it's slow.  The other
> possibility is that you have some kind of nasty http transparent prox=
y
> which is corrupting the http protocol stream.  This is why the git
> transport is seriously the much, much, MUCH better alternative.  =20

Yes, we have an http proxy. No problem with it until now.
I will use the git protocol now as you advise me.
Thank you again,

    Val=E9rie