fixed i386ancient tarball git version to work with v7

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Joey Hess 2019-09-16 13:17:41 -04:00
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Installing 7.20190912 from the \"ancient\" tarball at https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/git-annex-standalone-i386-ancient.tar.gz on an x86 Synology NAS, I get
$ git annex merge
Git is older than version 2.22 and so it has a memory leak that affects using unlocked files. Recommend you upgrade git before unlocking any files in your repository.
merge git-annex ok
git-annex: thread blocked indefinitely in an MVar operation
> It seems I messed something up, that build is supposed to have an old git
> that's patched to work, and with a special version number that git-annex
> understands will work. --[[Joey]]
> > I don't know what went wrong, other than it was surely several layers
> > of human error. I've updated the tarball, and confirmed it's good now.
> > [[done]] --[[Joey]]

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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="joey"
subject="""comment 2"""
date="2019-09-16T16:02:32Z"
content="""
@Micheal, drat. Opened a bug:
[[bugs/i386ancient_tarball_git_too_old_error]]
(And fixed it; the tarball for this release has been updated.)
"""]]