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Re: [PATCH 6/6] Always provide a fallback when hardlinks fail

From
Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@web.de>
Date
Aug 17, 2008, 12:14 UTC
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Am 17.08.2008 um 13:03 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
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> Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@web.de> writes:
>
>> BFS does not support hardlinks, so suppress the resulting error
>> messages.
>
> Hmm, this is not specific to BFS.  I would have preferred if you  
> brought
> up much earlier.

Right, it isn't. Do you mean earlier in time, or would you like me to reorder it in my v2 series?

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> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 53ab4b5..53112bb 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1098,7 +1098,10 @@ help.o: help.c common-cmds.h GIT-CFLAGS
> 		'-DGIT_INFO_PATH="$(infodir_SQ)"' $<
>
> $(BUILT_INS): git$X
> -	$(QUIET_BUILT_IN)$(RM) $@ && ln git$X $@
> +	$(QUIET_BUILT_IN)$(RM) $@ && \
> +	ln git$X $@ 2>/dev/null || \
> +	ln -s git$X $@ 2>/dev/null || \
> +	cp git$X $@
>
> common-cmds.h: ./generate-cmdlist.sh command-list.txt
>
> @@ -1365,10 +1368,12 @@ endif
> 	execdir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
> 	if test "z$$bindir" != "z$$execdir"; \
> 	then \
> -		ln -f "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X" || \
> -		cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X"; \
> +		$(RM) "$$execdir/git$X" && \
> +		ln "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X" 2>/dev/null || \
> +		ln -s "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X" 2>/dev/null || \
> +		cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X" || exit; \
> 	fi && \
> -	{ $(foreach p,$(BUILT_INS), $(RM) "$$execdir/$p" && ln "$$execdir/ 
> git$X" "$$execdir/$p" ;) } && \
> +	{ $(foreach p,$(BUILT_INS), $(RM) "$$execdir/$p" && ln "$$execdir/ 
> git$X" "$$execdir/$p" 2>/dev/null || cp "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/ 
> $p" || exit;) } && \
> 	if test "z$$bindir" != "z$$execdir"; \
> 	then \
> 		$(RM) "$$execdir/git$X"; \
Looks fine, I'll test it together with the other changes.
Andreas
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  1. 6/6 Always provide a fallback when hardlinks failAndreas Färber, Aug 17, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2008
  3. Andreas FärberAug 17, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2008
  5. Makefile: always provide a fallback when hardlinks failAndreas Färber, Aug 25, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2008

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