I'm on a server machine (workplace), Linux with kernel 2.6.18-8.el5 #1
SMP Fri Jan 26 14:15:14 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux.

When I type "id" on this machine, my user has:

context=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t

Now, darcs works, locally, and by pushing by ssh also, but when I push
by ssh, it ends by displaying:

darcs: /path/to/the/repository: getDirectoryContents: failed (Unknown
error 530)

And then display "apply failed!" But it works! When I do another "darcs
push" by ssh, it says that there are no patches to push (which is true)
and does not display the getDirectoryContents error. A local "darcs
check" systematically prints the following message:

darcs: _darcs/pristine.hashed/: getDirectoryContents: failed (Unknown
error 530)

The same repository works correctly on my local machine, in fact my
$HOME is mounted by nfs on this work server and on my work desktop computer.

The darcs versions I used were the static 2.3.1 and 2.2 from the
http://wiki.darcs.net/Binaries page

Hmm, maybe --debug would be helpful here.  I think you may even be able
to set the remote repo to use --debug in darcs apply by editing
_darcs/prefs/defaults (as a second stage after trying push --debug)

Attached is a log of "darcs push --debug"

Attachments

• darcs_push_apply_fail

Attached is a log of darcs check --debug

Attachments

• darcs_check_fail

This "unknown error 530" seems to be related to selinux, see for
instance http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=29983

Guillaume, could I confirm that local darcs apply on that machine works?

What happens when you do the darcs apply remotely (ssh foo.com 'darcs
apply foo.dpatch')?

It may also be a good idea to try and reproduce this with Darcs 2.4 for
good measure.

This is still happening witrh static HEAD with last 3 patches being: 
Sat May  8 12:14:36 CEST 2010  Petr Rockai <me@mornfall.net>
  * Fix a number of "unused" warnings in Darcs.Commands.*.

Sat May  8 11:44:42 CEST 2010  Petr Rockai <me@mornfall.net>
  * Fix a number of "unused" warnings in Darcs.Repository*.

Sat May  8 11:19:15 CEST 2010  Petr Rockai <me@mornfall.net>
  * A new implementation of PatchSet and its operations.