compiling a specific branch with kdebuidl-src failed

[Stéphane Ancelot]

Le 27/11/2017 à 15:48, Stéphane Ancelot a écrit :
> Hi,.
>
> I tried to setup a build for branch KDE/5.8
>
> I added next line in ~/.kdesrc-buildrc
>
> branch KDE/5.8
>
branch Plasma/5.8 seems being better .....
>
> It fails with following message for cmdline "kdesrc-build 
> systemsettings ":
>
> cloning kde-build-metadata
>         Falling back to clone of kde-build-metadata
>  * Downloading projects.kde.org project database...
>
> Building systemsettings from kf5-workspace-modules (1/1)
> Error updating systemsettings, removing from list of packages to build.
>  > Failed to checkout desired branch KDE/5.8
>         Cloning systemsettings
>         Falling back to clone of systemsettings
>         Switching to branch KDE/5.8
>         Unable to update systemsettings, build canceled.
>
>
>
> <<<  PACKAGES FAILED TO UPDATE  >>>
> systemsettings - ~/kdesrc/log/2017-11-27-02/systemsettings/error.log
>
> The following modules have failed to build 3 or more times in a row:
>         systemsettings
>
> There is probably a local error causing this kind of consistent 
> failure, it
> is recommended to verify no issues on the system.
>
> :-(
> Your logs are saved in /home/sancelot/kdesrc/log/2017-11-27-02
>
> sancelot at linux:~/kdesrc> cat 
> ~/kdesrc/log/2017-11-27-02/systemsettings/error.log
>
> # kdesrc-build running: 'git' 'checkout' '-b' 'KDE/5.8' 'origin/KDE/5.8'
> # from directory: /home/sancelot/kdesrc/kde/workspace/systemsettings
> fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'KDE/5.8' at the same 
> time.
> Did you intend to checkout 'origin/KDE/5.8' which can not be resolved 
> as commit?
>