Re: Git's Perl scripts can fail if user is configured for perlbrew

From: Randy J. Ray <rjray@blackperl.com>
Date: Dec 29, 2014, 21:57 UTC
Message-ID: <54A1CE4A.7020408@blackperl.com>
In-Reply-To: <54A159D7.5010307@web.de>

On 12/29/14, 7:40 AM, Torsten Bögershausen wrote:

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> Having problems with different perl installations is not an unknown problem
> in Git, I would say.
>
> And Git itself is prepared to handle this situation:
>
> In Makefile I can read:
> # Define PERL_PATH to the path of your Perl binary (usually /usr/bin/perl).
>
> (What Git can not decide is which perl it should use, the one pointed out by $PATH or /usr/bin/perl.)
>
> What does
> "type perl" say ?
>
> And what happens when you build and install Git like this:
> PERL_PATH=/XX/YY/perl make install
>
> -----------
> Are you thinking about changing
> ifndef PERL_PATH
> 	PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
> endif
> -- into --
> ifndef PERL_PATH
> 	PERL_PATH = $(shell which perl)
> endif
> ---
>
> At first glance that could make sense, at least to me.

The problem in this case is the Perl being used at run-time, not build-time. The building of git is done by the homebrew project in this case, so I don't have direct control over it.

Randy

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