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Re: better way to find Git.pm officially?

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 29, 2012, 06:13 UTC
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 09:58:12PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
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> As in, find the git-svn binary (via git --exec-path), parse its second
> line to see where the git installer put the GITPERLLIB, and then add
> that myself.
> 
> Is there a simpler way?  Can we get "git --perl-path" added to the
> binary or something?

I always assumed that it was the responsibility of the user or the packager to put Git.pm into a sane place that is found by perl's normal lookup (possibly via the user's PERL5LIB if it is a per-user installation). Doesn't our use of MakeMaker generally pick such a suitable directory?

-Peff
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