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Re: [PATCH] Do not use SHELL_PATH from build system in prepare_shell_cmd on Windows

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 19, 2012, 05:49 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
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> Am 4/18/2012 18:30, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> There is one thing I am confused about your response, though.  I thought
>> the suggestion by Peff was to build your binary with "make SHELL_PATH=sh"
>> (not "make SHELL_PATH=/bin/sh").  I do not know if that works or does not
>> work (I do not see why not, though), but in either case offering a new
>> customization point sounds like a separate issue.
>
> I tried this, and it does not work. (Shell scripts' shbang line would end
> up as '#!sh', and at least bash does not like to run such scripts.)

Ahh, sorry for missing the obvious. I should have realized about that one, as customizing that one was the very original motivation of the make variable.

In any case, as I wrote in the "What's cooking", I'll fast-track the fix to 'master' shortly, so that Windows port does not have to carry it.

Thanks.
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Message 16 of 16 in “Use SHELL_PATH from build system in run_command.c:prepare_shell_cmd”
  1. Use SHELL_PATH from build system in run_command.c:prepare_shell_cmdBen Walton, Mar 31, 2012
  2. Jonathan NiederMar 31, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2012
  4. Jonathan NiederMar 31, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2012
  7. Do not use SHELL_PATH from build system in prepare_shell_cmd on WindowsJohannes Sixt, Apr 17, 2012
  8. Ben WaltonApr 17, 2012
  9. Johannes SixtApr 17, 2012
  10. Ben WaltonApr 17, 2012
  11. Jeff KingApr 17, 2012
  12. Johannes SixtApr 18, 2012
  13. Jeff KingApr 18, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2012
  15. Johannes SixtApr 19, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2012

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