From: Andrew Keller <andrew@kellerfarm.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:48:47 GMT
Subject: Re: Reduced privileges install
Message-ID: <FEEB35B3-20DA-4446-90D3-B6725354DF08@kellerfarm.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqzkvcwka0.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

On Sep 20, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org> writes:
>> Andrew Keller <andrew@kellerfarm.com> writes:
>> 
>>> $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/users/students/ak4390/.local
>>> $ make
>>> $ make install
>> 
>> I admit, I'm not well-versed on the build system, but my impression
>> was that specifying --prefix in ./configure was indeed supposed to
>> propagate to a subsequent make and make install.
> 
> It does. I installed Git successfully without ever being root on
> several machines.
> 
> In my case, it was GNU/Linux machines, so something may go wrong
> because of a non-gnu system. Did you try compiling with gmake instead
> of make?

Just did.  There is no change in the result.  A website also suggested disabling curl support, and defining INSTALL as /usr/ucb/install.  No change.  The install target is very insistent on installing into /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/sun4-solaris-64int.

~ Andrew Keller