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Re: [bug] 2.5.0 build with NO_PERL is broken

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Aug 14, 2015, 21:15 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
>> Nevertheless, there's still the problem, due to 527ec39
>> (generate-cmdlist: parse common group commands, 2015-05-21), that git
>> doesn't build at all anymore when Perl is unavailable.
>
> I do not think that is anything new.  We always have assumed "some"
> version of Perl available in order to run t/ scripts.

True, but prior to 527ec39, without Perl available, git itself could at least be built and used (with some commands unavailable), even if it couldn't be fully tested. As of 527ec39, however, git won't even build because common-cmds.h can't be generated.

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  1. Renato BotelhoAug 14, 2015
  2. Renato BotelhoAug 14, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2015
  4. Eric SunshineAug 14, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2015
  6. Eric SunshineAug 14, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2015
  8. Eric SunshineAug 14, 2015
  9. Renato BotelhoAug 18, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineAug 18, 2015
  11. Renato BotelhoAug 18, 2015

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