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Re: Can git choose perl at runtime?

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Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 19, 2018, 06:33 UTC
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 7:29 PM John Passaro <john.a.passaro@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I recently submitted my first patch using OSX and found the experience
> frustrating, for reasons that have come up on the list before,
> concerning git-send-email and perl dependencies that you need to be
> root to update.

you can install them somewhere else (your homedir, for example) and then instruct perl to look for them there by setting the PERL5LIB environment variable

Carlo
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Message 3 of 11 in “Can git choose perl at runtime?”
  1. John PassaroDec 19, 2018
  2. Jonathan NiederDec 19, 2018
  3. Carlo ArenasDec 19, 2018
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 19, 2018
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 19, 2018
  6. brian m. carlsonDec 21, 2018
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 23, 2018
  8. brian m. carlsonDec 23, 2018
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 23, 2018
  10. brian m. carlsonDec 24, 2018
  11. John PassaroDec 28, 2018

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