Re: git pull fails from elpa.gnu.org

[Stefan Monnier]

>> The cron job on elpa.gnu.org is having trouble that I don't understand.
>> More specifically, it does:
>>
>>     + cd ../elpa
>>     + git pull
>>     fatal: unable to access 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/emacs/elpa/': The
>>     requested URL returned error: 502
>>
>> The weird thing is that when I ssh into elpa.gnu.org and run the exact
>> same command, the `git pull` works without a hitch.
> Perhaps a transient error on the server.

It runs twice daily and failed systematically on both runs for more than
a week, whereas it has succeeded every time I ran it manually.

> Have you tried using a different time to run the cron job?

Not yet, but it's worth a try,


        Stefan