curlftpfs io error with simple use case

[Graham Watson]

Binary package hint: curlftpfs

Under a simple use case, curlftpfs doesn't work.

Enter the following at a terminal:

mkdir test
sudo curlftpfs -o allow_other upload.ntlworld.com test
echo Hello > test/test.txt

(note the curlftpfs command needs your logon details to be stored in ~/.netrc prior to issuing this command)

The output from the echo command is:

bash: echo: write error: Input/output error

Another use case that exhibits the same behaviour is:

mkdir .git
sudo curlftpfs -o allow_other upload.ntlworld.com .git
git init

Output of the git command is:

error: /home/graham/.git/description: close error: Input/output error
fatal: cannot copy /usr/share/git-core/templates/description to /home/graham/.git/description

I'm guessing that both the echo and git use case are caused by the same bug as they exhibit very similar behaviours. I read somewhere on the internet that this is caused by the ftp file being flushed before the release command, or something like that, but I can't find the article any more sorry!

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 31 22:41:50 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: curlftpfs 0.9.2-1build1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: curlftpfs
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1842): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (npviewer.bin:1930): Gtk-WARNING **: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libqtcurve.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

[Gioacchino Mazzurco (gmazzurco89)]

here is my git output
gioacchino@HackLab:~/Desktop/development/altro/mobil4Sud$ git clone --depth 1 git://gitorious.org/mobil/website.git
fatal: cannot copy /usr/share/git-core/templates/description to /home/gioacchino/Scrivania/development/altro/mobil4Sud/website/.git/description