Eric Blake <e...@byu.net> wrote: >> Yes, as maintainer of the git package on cygwin, I've seen sporadic >> failures of the git protocol, which I have always ended up working around >> by switching over to an http protocol. I'm assuming that it might either >> be BLODA or an actual bug in cygwin1.dll regarding handling of socket fds >> across forks, but haven't ever been bothered by it enough to try and debug >> it, because the workaround of http always works.
Also, given that other versions of SSH work with the 1.7 git, I would think this is pretty good evidence that it's a bug in cygwin1.dll. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:04:16 -0500 Message-ID: <6ee4c8380912311104i1869d73dk818e041f2d8b2...@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: git stopped working with 1.7.1 From: "Brian L." <br...@blucz.com> To: cygwin@cygwin.com ... The problem seems to be rooted in cygwin's openssh package. If I point GIT_SSH at plink.exe (from the putty distribution) and configure pageant properly for keyless login then git works fine. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
