Re: [PATCH] Extend runtime prefix computation

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 16, 2013, 18:23 UTC
Message-ID: <7vvc7ml4he.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130416145653.GG12782@science-computing.de>

nobody writes:

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> Hello Junio,
> Hello list,
>
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 09:19:42AM +0100, Michael Weiser wrote:
>
>> > >> Support determining the binaries' installation path at runtime even if
>> > >> called without any path components (i.e. via search path).
>> > The default for any change is not to include it.  Is there any
>> > reason why we want this change?
>> It makes a binary git installation fully relocatable. Seeing how git
>> already has basic support for it I thought other people might be
>> interested in this.
>
> I am still interested in getting this accepted into git. Where do I push
> to get it committed?

I do not have a strong objection to what it tries to achieve, but I'd prefer to see no "#ifdef platform" code in a very generic part of the system like exec_cmd.