From: Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 01:25:28 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perl/Makefile.PL: teach makefiles about possible old Error.pm files
Message-ID: <20080517012528.GA15137@foursquare.net>
In-Reply-To: <20080517011614.GA11029@foursquare.net>

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:
> 	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