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Re: [PATCH 1/4] Makefile: use /usr/ucb/install on SunOS platforms rather than ginstall

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 28, 2009, 18:57 UTC
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On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 09:17:05PM -0500, Brandon Casey wrote:
> We can avoid a GNU dependency by using /usr/ucb/install.
> [...]
> This works for me on Solaris 7 and 10.  Any reason not to use it instead
> of ginstall?

Certainly it works on Solaris 8; I've been setting it manually to /usr/ucb/install (though I admit my auto-test script doesn't actually do the install, I do occasionally run the install manually). I think it is a sane default.

-Peff
Previous: Jeff King
Message 10 of 10 in “Makefile: use /usr/ucb/install on SunOS platforms rather than ginstall”
  1. 1/4 Makefile: use /usr/ucb/install on SunOS platforms rather than ginstallBrandon Casey, May 28, 2009
  2. 2/4 Makefile: add NEEDS_RESOLV to optionally add -lresolv to compile argumentsBrandon Casey, May 28, 2009
  3. 3/4 Makefile: add section for SunOS 5.7Brandon Casey, May 28, 2009
  4. 4/4 Makefile: introduce SANE_TOOL_PATH for prepending required elements to PATHBrandon Casey, May 28, 2009
  5. Jeff KingMay 28, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2009
  7. Jeff KingMay 28, 2009
  8. Brandon CaseyMay 28, 2009
  9. Jeff KingMay 28, 2009
  10. Jeff KingMay 28, 2009

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