Re: git-instaweb portability issue (maybe?)

From: Chris Ridd <chris.ridd@isode.com>
Date: Jun 13, 2008, 14:42 UTC
Message-ID: <48528769.2000007@isode.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0806131016120.8043@alchemy.localdomain>

Asheesh Laroia wrote:

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> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Chris Ridd wrote:
> 
>> Denis Bueno wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 09:46, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh@asheesh.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Does OS X ship /usr/bin/env?
>>>>
>>>> If you type "/usr/bin/env perl" in a Terminal window, do you get Perl?
>>>
>>> Sorry, I should have made that clear earlier: yes.
>>>
>>> funsat[122] > /usr/bin/env perl --version
>>>
>>> This is perl, v5.8.8 built for darwin-2level
>>
>> MacPorts /tends/ to make ports use stuff from other ports instead of 
>> using Apple-installed bits. In this case, maybe git from MacPorts is 
>> using perl from MacPorts?
> 
> FWIW, the problem seems to be that it's not finding *any* Perl.

That's odd, because the Portfile for git-core (1.5.5.3_0) does the build, test and destroot install setting:

PERL_PATH="/usr/bin/env perl" NO_FINK=1 NO_DARWIN_PORTS=1

(and some other stuff). Have you pinged the port maintainer (bryan@larsen.st)?

Cheers,

Chris