Re: [PATCH] Makefile: create an install-symlinks target

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Jul 18, 2007, 12:41 UTC
Message-ID: <86y7hdkhnu.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
In-Reply-To: <86bqe9lwy8.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

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> Use this, for example, to do
> rm -rf /opt/git
> make prefix=/opt/git install
> make symlinkprefix=/usr/local prefix=/opt/git install-symlinks
> ---
>  Makefile |    9 ++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Oh, by the way: I got _crazy_ when I first committed this, then found a mistake and corrected it, and then repeatedly did git add config/emacs/Makefile git-commit --amend

and got the

>  Makefile |    9 ++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

message again and again, while nothing at all changed. Of course, this was because I added the wrong Makefile.

I am not sure how git could be more helpful here. Just wanted to report it. Maybe it could have noticed that my "amendment" was empty? On the other hand, I might have wanted to amend the commit message. Sigh.

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David Kastrup