Re: ELPA git repo contains zero-padded file modes and running ~$ make fails

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> Known problem: just disable fsck for the initial fetch.
> Thanks.  Is there any way to fix it?

Not without rewriting history.  Git used to sometimes generate these
zero-padded file modes.  It's now more careful, but those old commits
are still with us.

> The problem is not mentioned in those links:
>
> https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsFromGit#toc2
> https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=emacs
>
> I would not be surprised if people cannot find the solution. 
> Or maybe not that many people git clone elpa after all.
>
>> I'm hoping this was just a knock-on error from the first error. 
>
> I tried again to clone with fsck completely disabled then running 
> make still raises the same error:
>
> In toplevel form:
> packages/ebdb-gnorb/ebdb-gnorb.el:30:1: Error: Cannot open load file: Aucun
> fichier ou dossier de ce type, ebdb-format
> make: *** [GNUmakefile:173: packages/ebdb-gnorb/ebdb-gnorb.elc] Error 

Any chance you haven't done `make externals` beforehand?

`ebdb` is an "external" package (i.e. it's kept in its own branch), and
`ebdb-gnorb` depends on `ebdb`, so if you don't `make externals` it's
normal that `ebdb-gnorb` fails to compile.

>> If you pull the elpa repository cleanly and still get this error,
>> please let me know. TBH this package probably doesn't need to exist,
>> it's a holdover from back when I didn't know how to do
>> between-package packages.
> Maybe it can simply be removed, then?

Or turned into an "external" as well.


        Stefan