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Re: git installation (as private user) should NEVER write site_perl

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EMErik Mouw <mouw@nl.linux.org>
Date
Feb 20, 2007, 17:55 UTC
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:18:15AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
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> I tried to install git on a system where I was a normal user.  Of course,
> this step fails:
> 
>      Installing /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Error.pm
>      Installing /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Git.pm

It gets installed in ~/share/perl/5.8.4/ when I compile as a normal user (git-1.5.0.1):

Installing /home/erik/share/perl/5.8.4/Error.pm Installing /home/erik/share/perl/5.8.4/Git.pm Installing /home/erik/man/man3/private-Error.3pm Installing /home/erik/man/man3/Git.3pm

Erik
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