Re: git installation (as private user) should NEVER write site_perl

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 20, 2007, 18:21 UTC
Message-ID: <7vvehwvge0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <86abz8sodh.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

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>>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Mouw <mouw@nl.linux.org> writes:
>
> Erik> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:18:15AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>> I tried to install git on a system where I was a normal user.  Of course,
>>> this step fails:
>>> 
>>> Installing /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Error.pm
>>> Installing /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Git.pm
>
> Erik> It gets installed in ~/share/perl/5.8.4/ when I compile as a normal
> Erik> user (git-1.5.0.1):
>
> Erik> Installing /home/erik/share/perl/5.8.4/Error.pm
> Erik> Installing /home/erik/share/perl/5.8.4/Git.pm
> Erik> Installing /home/erik/man/man3/private-Error.3pm
> Erik> Installing /home/erik/man/man3/Git.3pm
>
> Is that a personally-installed Perl though?  Those paths look suspicious.

Actually that is what I get on my Debian box (Perl is from distribution). I build with prefix=$HOME/git-next and get

        $ ls -lR ~/git-next/*/perl
        /home/junio/git-next/lib/perl:
        total 12
        drwxrwsr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 ./
        drwxrwsr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 ../
        drwxrwsr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 5.8.8/

        /home/junio/git-next/lib/perl/5.8.8:
        total 16
        drwxrwsr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 ./
        drwxrwsr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 ../
        drwxr-sr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 auto/
        -rw-rw-r-- 1 junio junio  221 2007-02-20 10:17 perllocal.pod

        /home/junio/git-next/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto:
        total 12
        drwxr-sr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 ./
        drwxrwsr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 ../
        drwxr-sr-x 2 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 Git/

        /home/junio/git-next/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto/Git:
        total 12
        drwxr-sr-x 2 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 ./
        drwxr-sr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2007-02-20 10:17 ../
        -rw-rw-r-- 1 junio junio   83 2007-02-20 10:17 .packlist

        /home/junio/git-next/share/perl:
        total 12
        drwxrwsr-x 3 junio junio 4096 2006-11-08 23:25 ./
        drwxr-sr-x 4 junio junio 4096 2006-11-08 23:25 ../
        drwxrwsr-x 2 junio junio 4096 2007-02-03 22:18 5.8.8/

        /home/junio/git-next/share/perl/5.8.8:
        total 32
        drwxrwsr-x 2 junio junio  4096 2007-02-03 22:18 ./
        drwxrwsr-x 3 junio junio  4096 2006-11-08 23:25 ../
        -r--r--r-- 1 junio junio 22332 2007-02-03 22:15 Git.pm

I have /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm that is packaged liberror-perl from the distro.