Package: git-daemon-run Version: 1:1.6.5-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hello,
Sometimes people that want to set up a Git service install this package, thinking it is the only way to get a git-daemon running. In addition, git-core's README.Debian clearly states that to run a git-daemon, one has to install git-daemon-run. Yet there exist several other ways, like writing a SysV init script or launching it by inetd. Moreover, with its name, git-deamon-run can suggest it is the package that provides git-daemon. With its dependency to an exotic daemon manager, this can puzzle them. May I suggest a modification to the package description, to state that git-daemon is provided by the package git-core, and to git-core's README.Debian, explaining the inetd solution? Here is a patch against the debian/ directory to do that. Regards, -- Tanguy Ortolo -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
diff -ru debian.old/control debian/control --- debian.old/control 2009-11-03 20:14:01.000000000 +0100 +++ debian/control 2009-11-03 20:08:48.000000000 +0100 @@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server. . - This package provides a git-daemon service. git-daemon is a simple server - for git repositories, ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling - from git repositories through the network. + git-daemon, as provided by the git-core package, is a simple server for git + repositories, ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e. pulling from git + repositories through the network. This package provides a runit service for + running git-daemon permanently. Package: git-gui Architecture: all diff -ru debian.old/git-core.README.Debian debian/git-core.README.Debian --- debian.old/git-core.README.Debian 2009-11-03 20:14:01.000000000 +0100 +++ debian/git-core.README.Debian 2009-11-03 20:13:51.000000000 +0100 @@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ 1. Run a git-daemon. This allows people to use a git:// URL to access your repositories. This package provides the git-daemon program, to enable a -git-daemon service, additionally install the git-daemon-run package: +git-daemon service, configure inetd(8) to launch it on demand, or install the +git-daemon-run package to run it permanently: + cat >> /etc/inetd.conf <<EOF +git stream tcp4 nowait nobody /usr/bin/git git daemon --inetd --base-path=/srv/git +git stream tcp6 nowait nobody /usr/bin/git git daemon --inetd --base-path=/srv/git +EOF +Or: apt-get install git-daemon-run Wait five seconds for the service to be picked up, and check its status and
