{"thread":{"id":"36809","subject":"(unknown)","startedAt":"2014-06-01T21:24:54Z","lastAt":"2014-06-18T08:01:56Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["C. Benson Manica","Jeff King"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"243112","messageId":"CA+kozekeTOBZFauhU2EY18hTzhpZ-VUnbBH91CtErnD4UGSNsw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"36809","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"(unknown)","fromName":"C. Benson Manica","fromEmail":"cbmanica@gmail.com","sentAt":"2014-06-01T21:24:54Z","receivedAt":"2014-06-01T21:24:54Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"cbmanica@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"The documentation for installing git from source here,\nhttp://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git, incorrectly\nfails to mention that the MakeMaker perl module is also required and\nis installable via\n\n$ yum install perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker\n\nAlso, you might want to let people know that you've configured your\nmail system for 1987 mode and do not accept HTML-formatted mail.\n\n-- \nC. Benson Manica\ncbmanica@gmail.com\n"},{"id":"244506","messageId":"20140618080156.GA11027@sigill.intra.peff.net","threadId":"36809","inReplyTo":"CA+kozekeTOBZFauhU2EY18hTzhpZ-VUnbBH91CtErnD4UGSNsw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: progit build instructions and ExtUtils::MakeMaker","fromName":"Jeff King","fromEmail":"peff@peff.net","sentAt":"2014-06-18T08:01:56Z","receivedAt":"2014-06-18T08:01:56Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"peff@peff.net","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45925?v=4"},"body":"[I added a subject to the thread; that is likely part of why you didn't\n get any responses sooner]\n\nOn Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 02:24:54PM -0700, C. Benson Manica wrote:\n\n> The documentation for installing git from source here,\n> http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git, incorrectly\n> fails to mention that the MakeMaker perl module is also required and\n> is installable via\n> \n> $ yum install perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker\n\nThe content at git-scm.com/book is pulled from the Creative Commons \"Pro\nGit\" book. Errata and corrections are generally handled by opening an\nissue there:\n\n  https://github.com/progit/progit/issues\n\nNote that ExtUtils::MakeMaker is part of the perl core (and has been for\nquite a long time). So on many systems, I would not expect it to need to\nbe installed separately. If you propose a change for Pro Git, you may\nwant to find out which systems package it separately and which do not\n(Debian, for example, does not, but it also does not use yum).\n\n> Also, you might want to let people know that you've configured your\n> mail system for 1987 mode and do not accept HTML-formatted mail.\n\nCome on, MIME wasn't standardized until 1996. We're easily state of the\nart for the mid-1990's. :)\n\n-Peff\n"}]}