Re: Variations on the theme "The remote end hung up unexpectedly"

[Phil Holmes]

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Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:25 PM
Subject: Variations on the theme "The remote end hung up unexpectedly"


> Hey all,
>
> I've been getting the following message for current master for a day-ish 
> now:
>
> ssh: Could not resolve hostname git.sv.gnu.org: Name or service not known
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

For reference, the clue to this one is in the first line: "Could not resolve 
hostname git.sv.gnu.org".  ssh is trying to resolve the git.sv.gnu.org 
hostname into an IP address and failing.  It means there's something 
fundamentally wrong with the network on your computer - either DNS is 
screwed or you've no external network access.  I'd expect browsing and email 
to fail, too.  I know it's now fixed, but if you do see the "Could not 
resolve" message, suspect your network, not git.

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Phil Holmes