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Re: make install rewrites source files

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 23, 2012, 20:52 UTC
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Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com> writes:
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> On 1/23/2012 9:18 AM, Hallvard Breien Furuseth wrote:
>> INSTALL says we can install a profiled Git with $ make profile-all 
>> # make install prefix=...
>
> prefix should be an argument to configure, not make.

What are you talking about? Use of ./configure is entirely optional, and our Makefile _does_ support giving prefix on the command line.

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  1. Hallvard Breien FurusethJan 23, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2012
  3. Hallvard Breien FurusethJan 23, 2012
  4. Clemens BuchacherJan 26, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2012
  6. Hallvard Breien FurusethJan 27, 2012
  7. Phillip SusiJan 23, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2012
  9. Hallvard B FurusethJan 27, 2012

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