From: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:18:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Extend runtime prefix computation
Message-ID: <CABPQNSbd_baEe7pstZPSdNQQCAUMBCgV2FGcszy-8zoeuD+M5w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130306081942.GA11151@science-computing.de>

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Michael Weiser
<M.Weiser@science-computing.de> wrote:
> Hello Junio,
>
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 08:13:50AM -0800, Junio C Hamano 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 think the motivation for the feature in the first place is Windows,
where the installation path isn't known at build-time. In the
unix-world, this is generally known (/usr/bin or something like that).
What's the reason you want it on other platforms?