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Re: 026fa0d5ad Breaks installs with absolue $(gitexecdir) and $(template_dir) variables using older GNU makes

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Feb 5, 2009, 07:04 UTC
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A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:
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> In 026fa0d5ad9538ca76838070861531c037d7b9ba, "Move computation of
> absolute paths from Makefile to runtime (in preparation for
> RUNTIME_PREFIX)", the following change was made to the Makefile. The
> problem is that $(abspath names...) is a relatively recent addition to
> GNU make and when used in an older GNU make, the test always fails
> resulting incorrect installation dirs for the templates and commands.
Is there anything being done on this issue?

I could revert ed096c4 (Merge branch 'sp/runtime-prefix', 2009-01-31), but I'd rather not if we can avoid it.

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  1. A Large Angry SCMFeb 1, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  3. Steffen ProhaskaFeb 5, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  5. Pascal ObryFeb 5, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  7. Pascal ObryFeb 5, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  10. Makefile: fix misdetection of relative pathnamesJunio C Hamano, Feb 5, 2009
  11. Johannes SixtFeb 5, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  13. A Large Angry SCMFeb 5, 2009

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