Re: [PATCH] Add option USE_INPLACE to Makefile

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Nov 16, 2005, 08:36 UTC
Message-ID: <7vpsp19eg7.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0511160903360.16063@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Now, *I* know what I have to put into config.mak, but I would hate the 
> project if I was new to it, tried to play around with it, and nothing 
> would work in spite of being compiled with just one warning, thank you.

Hmph. That certainly sounds like what I might do. Especially the part "play around before installing", so I am *very* sympathetic.

OTOH, I do not particularly want to advertise/encourage in-place use. Once you built today's git ;-), wouldn't you cd somewhere else and use it for your real work? That would mean you have one location on your PATH that you keep the latest git build and I am not sure why being able to run in-place is such a big deal. Is it because $HOME is under a tight quota?

> Just a safety measure for the price of two lines. When I check out a new 
> project, I do "make", play around with it, and then do "make install". If 
> I had to set "export USE_INPLACE=1", "make install" should barf, because 
> the compiled programs are not meant to be used anywhere else.

OK.  That's sensible.