Re: [PATCH] perl/Makefile.PL: teach makefiles about possible old Error.pm files
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- Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net>
- Date
- May 17, 2008, 01:25 UTC
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- <20080517012528.GA15137@foursquare.net>
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- <20080517011614.GA11029@foursquare.net>
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:
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> The drawback to this patch is that once git installs its own > copy, it will always install its own copy, unless the user > uninstalls the old git first. Usually this is the desired > behaviour, but my perl-fu isn't strong enough to make this > check even smarter. Ideally, if a newer version is on the > system already, git shouldn't have to install its own.
The other way to deal with this is to put the check in ./configure, and don't let the user build unless the dependencies are solved.
How important is that private-Error.pm?
- Chris