Re: Does Git build things during 'make install"?

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Oct 16, 2017, 05:58 UTC
Message-ID: <0ec353db-428c-bb6f-03fe-303487fde197@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAH8yC8kx9Td51=UFvLwLAQFPKxUXg0D6KKqWR+JX+-wmTAKYRQ@mail.gmail.com>

Am 16.10.2017 um 07:05 schrieb Jeffrey Walton:

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> My script to build Git dies during cleanup. Cleanup removes the
> downloaded tarball and the unpacked directory:
> 
> ********** Cleanup **********
> 
> rm: cannot remove 'git-2.14.2/perl/blib/lib/.exists': Permission denied
> rm: cannot remove 'git-2.14.2/perl/blib/lib/Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm':
> Permission denied
> rm: cannot remove 'git-2.14.2/perl/blib/lib/Git/SVN/Utils.pm': Permission denied
> rm: cannot remove 'git-2.14.2/perl/blib/lib/Git/SVN/Ra.pm': Permission denied
> rm: cannot remove 'git-2.14.2/perl/blib/lib/Git/SVN/GlobSpec.pm':
> Permission denied
> ...
> 
> When I look at the permissions:
> 
> $ ls -Al git-2.14.2/perl/blib/lib/.exists
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root           0 Oct 16 00:43
> git-2.14.2/perl/blib/lib/.exists
> 
> The only place in my script that does anything with privileges is
> 'make install' because it runs with sudo.
> 
> Is Git building things in the install recipe? If so, then I don't
> believe that's supposed to happen. According to the GNU coding
> standards, Git should not be doing that. Cf;
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Standard-Targets.html.

Yes, running "sudo make install" is a nightmare. sudo clears the path, and the git command is not found by the make invoked with root permissions. This changes the version string that gets compiled into the executable, which finally triggers a complete rebuild under root. Sad...

-- Hannes