From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:35:43 GMT
Subject: Re: 026fa0d5ad Breaks installs with absolue $(gitexecdir) and $(template_dir) variables using older GNU makes
Message-ID: <7v63jpibe8.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4985E8E1.90303@gmail.com>

A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:

> The new test is also wrong; (for *nix systems) in that it really wants
> to test if the first character is a '/' but GNU make doesn't have a
> way to do that directly.

Hmph.  Isn't it just the matter of doing something silly like this?

ifeq ($(filter /%,$(template_dir)),)
	... it does not start with a slash
else
	... it does
endif