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git z/OS error: cannot run index-pack: EDC5129I No such file or directory

Attempting command bash-4.3$ git clone --recursive git@github.com:xyz/abc.git results in the above error.

echo $GIT_EXEC_PATH shows the directory containing index-pack. Adding the exports to my profile as suggested in an earlier post did not help.

I can get a little further if I run the same “git clone” command from the /bin/ directory:

remote: Counting objects: 30, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Total 30 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 27
Receiving objects: 100% (30/30), 7.22 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (8/8), done.
Checking connectivity… done.
error: cannot run submodule: EDC5129I No such file or directory.
warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.
You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status’
and retry the checkout with ‘git checkout -f HEAD’

I assume a setup problem but can not find it.

Any advice appreciated - thanks,
Jim

Hello Jim!

Could you provide us with your env | sort output so we could see that all needed variables is set and loaded correctly? Also to make sure this is not repository issue, could you try to clone exact same repo on another linux machine?

With respect, Dan.

Thanks Dan - here’s the output:
bash-4.3$ env | sort
CAOMWV12_HOME=/a/rosni02/CA_OM_Web_Viewer12_1
COLUMNS=132
GIT_EXEC_PATH=/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/libexec/git-core
GIT_SHELL=/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/bin/bash
GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/share/git-core/templates
HOME=/z/poija01
LANG=C
LIBPATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lpp/Printsrv/lib:.::/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/lib/perl5/5.24.0/os390/CORE:/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/lib/perl5/5.24.0/os390/CORE
LINES=23
LOGNAME=POIJA01
MAIL=/usr/mail/POIJA01
MANPATH=/usr/lpp/Printsrv/man/C:/usr/man/%L::/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/man/:/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/man/
NLSPATH=/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N:/usr/lpp/Printsrv/en_US/%N
PATH=./:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/lpp/NFS:/usr/lpp/Printsrv/bin:/sys/s390util/bin:/usr/local/bin:/z/
poija01/rsusr/rocket/bin:/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/bin
PERL5LIB=:/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/lib/perl5:/z/poija01/rsusr/rocket/lib/perl5
PWD=/z/poija01
RESOLVER_CONFIG=//'VTAM.TCPIP.TCPIP.DATA’
SHELL=/bin/sh
SHLVL=1
STEPLIB=none
TERM=dumb
TZ=EST5EDT
X_ADDR=//'VTAM.TCPIP.HOSTS.ADDRINFO’
X_SITE=//‘VTAM.TCPIP.HOSTS.SITEINFO’
_=/bin/env
_BPXK_AUTOCVT=ON
_BPX_TERMPATH=OMVS
_CEE_RUNOPTS=FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG) POSIX(ON)
_TAG_REDIR_ERR=txt
_TAG_REDIR_IN=txt
_TAG_REDIR_OUT=txt

Your env looks fine, could you try to clone your repo on another machine please to make sure it’s not repository issue. Or provide us a link to it (if it is public) so we can reproduce your issue.
Thanks, Dan.

Dan,
The same repository can be downloaded in Windows.

I’ve tested further and, while I still have to execute from the /bin directory, the clone works without the --recursive parameter. This means, after cloning the the high level project, I have to then do a “git clone” for each of the sub-projects separately.
And since I’m in the bin directory I then have to move the structure to the correct location.

Thanks,
Jim

I’ve created sample repo with submodules and successfuly cloned it back. Could you please try to clone git@github.com:theuxus/submod.git" rel="nofollow noopener">this repo and provide me your output.
PS: whats your git and bash exact version(builds)?

Thanks, Dan.

Dan,
These are the results:

bash-4.3$ git clone --recursive git@github:theuxus/submod.git
Cloning into ‘submod’…
FOTS2204 ssh: connect to host github port 22: EDC8127I Connection timed out. (errno2=0x76630291)
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Jim,
I’m noticed a typo in your link: …git@github:theuxus… instead of …git@github.com:theuxus…
also I removed any private submodules from this repo. To exclude any typos please copy this commands one-by-one and give us it’s output:

mkdir ~/submod; cd ~/submod
git clone --recursive git@github.com:theuxus/submod.git .
git --version
bash --version
which git

Thanks, Dan.

This is the output I get:

lGEYsdlLJizHhbn2mUjvSAHQqZETYP81eFzLQNnPHt4EVVUh7VfDESU84KezmD5
Enter passphrase for key ‘/z/poija01/.ssh/id_rsa’:
remote: Counting objects: 6, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (5/5), done.
remote: Total 6 (delta 1), reused 5 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
error: cannot run index-pack: EDC5129I No such file or directory.
fatal: fetch-pack: unable to fork off index-pack
bash-4.3$ git --version
git version 2.3.5_os390_b013
bash-4.3$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.2.50(49)-release (i370-ibm-openedition)
Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
bash-4.3$ which git
bash: which: command not found

Jim Poinsett
609 379 2004

Hello Jim,
now it is clearly not connectivity or repository issue indeed.
As all evironments are set, source of an error could be in missing git files.
I suggest you to unpack your git again in same directories and look for files that will not be replaced (and is missing in your current installation).
For me it looks like you’re missing git-index-pack executable in your git-core folder.
Thanks, Dan.

Hi Dan,
git-index-pack is in libexec/git-core. I’ll review for other possible missing members.

-rwxr-xr-x 112 POIJA01 OMVSGRP 6270976 Dec 27 2016 git-index-pack

Thanks,
Jim