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[PATCH] Explicitly set X to avoid potential build breakage

From
MMichael <kensington@astralcloak.net>
Date
Feb 5, 2012, 10:41 UTC
Message-ID
<9854382.GTBzd7D6AT@telegraph>

$X is appended to binary names for Windows builds (ie. git.exe). Pollution from the environment can inadvertently trigger this behaviour, resulting in 'git' turning into 'gitwhatever' without warning.

Signed-off-by: Michael <kensington@astralcloak.net>
---
 Makefile |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c457c34..380d96f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ SCRIPT_SH =
 SCRIPT_LIB =
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X =
 
+# Binary suffix used for Windows builds
+X =
+
 # Having this variable in your environment would break pipelines because
 # you cause "cd" to echo its destination to stdout.  It can also take
 # scripts to unexpected places.  If you like CDPATH, define it for your
-- 
1.7.8.4
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