From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:11:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Build without BUILT_INS
Message-ID: <CAAXzdLXa_s4yDzV4HJk3dV1hYU1cekMXqcvEvoPcDrTm0tAyXQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmx61hmtu.fsf@junio.mtv.corp.google.com>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> And no, it will *not* be a compilation option, as the resulting
> installation will break the age-old promise we made to script writers.

A compilation option, does not break any promise to script writers.

The default build still has hard links.

A compilation option, such as "make NO_BUILTINS=1" would merely give
users the choice to build without the hard links; an option they do
_not_ have currently.

Seeing how there already is

NO_GETTEXT
NO_OPENSSL
NO_TCLTK

and so on, I dont see this as being a big issue to add.