[cfarm-users] Unable to git pull on gcc112

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 11:01 PM Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Walton via cfarm-users wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I'm trying a git pull. When I use https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/:
> >
> > $ git pull
> > fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/':
> > Problem with the SSL CA c
> > ert (path? access rights?)
>
> If I read this correctly, Git is not able to verify GitHub's TLS
> certificate for some reason.  I will take a stab in the dark and guess
> that a needed root CA certificate is missing.
>
> > When I try git://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/:
> >
> > $ git pull
> > fatal: remote error:
> >  The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.
> >
>
> While this does not help you, the root of this latter problem seems to
> be that GitHub has decided to deliberately break compatibility with one
> of Git's standard features using "security" as an excuse.  This is, of
> course, ridiculous for public repositories, since public repositories
> are, well, public.

Thanks Jacob.

I wonder how many older CFarm machines it is going to break. Maybe the
farm can setup a Git proxy. Does one even exist?

Jeff