[lsst-dm-stack-users] problem installing sconsUtils on ubuntu 12.04

[Simon Krughoff]

That 'git archive' command doesn't work on my mac (git 1.8.5.2).  It can't
find the ref.  Where did that command come from?

Simon


On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Kian-Tat Lim <ktl at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:

> Adrian and others,
>
> > $ git archive --format=tar.gz  --remote=git://
> git.lsstcorp.org/LSST/DMS/devenv/sconsUtils.git
> f38997df3e51b4d96dede5237c922cb4bf21a4c9 | tar xvzf
> > tar: Old option `f' requires an argument.
> > Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
> > remote: fatal: no such ref: f38997df3e51b4d96dede5237c922cb4bf21a4c9
> > remote: git upload-archive: archiver died with error
>
>         Hmm.  There seem to be two problems here:
>
> 1) missing "-" at the end for the "f" option to tar.  This is minor.
> 2) git archive can't find the hash provided.  This seems to be by
> design (!): <http://ls.st/o0j>
>
> What I can't figure out is how this ever worked for anyone.  Perhaps
> most people are using older gits?
>
> --
> Kian-Tat Lim, LSST Data Management, ktl at slac.stanford.edu
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