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Re: [PATCH] templates/Makefile: work around SGI install which assumes / if ROOT not defined

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Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date
Aug 19, 2008, 00:52 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I do not see absolutely any reason to use install there.
> 
> I have to wonder why 9907721 (templates/Makefile: don't depend on local
> umask setting, 2008-02-28) did not do this instead:
> 
> 	$(QUIET)umask 022 && ls *--* 2>/dev/null | \
> 	while read boilerplate; \
> 	do \
> 		case "$$boilerplate" in *~) continue ;; esac && \
> 		dst=`echo "$$boilerplate" | sed -e 's|^this|.|;s|--|/|g'` && \
> 		dir=`expr "$$dst" : '\(.*\)/'` && \
> 		mkdir -p blt/$$dir && \
> 		case "$$boilerplate" in \
> 		*--) ;; \
> 		*) cp $$boilerplate blt/$$dst ;; \
> 		esac || exit; \
> 	done && \
> 	date >$@
> 
That works just fine for me.
-brandon
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Message 7 of 28 in “[FYI] How I compile on IRIX 6.5 with the MIPSpro compiler and ksh”
  1. Brandon CaseyAug 18, 2008
  2. Makefile: add section for SGI IRIXBrandon Casey, Aug 18, 2008
  3. git-compat-util.h: adjust for SGI IRIX 6.5Brandon Casey, Aug 18, 2008
  4. unpack-trees.c: work around run-time array initialization flaw on IRIX 6.5Brandon Casey, Aug 18, 2008
  5. templates/Makefile: work around SGI install which assumes / if ROOT not definedBrandon Casey, Aug 18, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2008
  7. Brandon CaseyAug 19, 2008
  8. templates/Makefile: install is unnecessary, just use mkdir -pBrandon Casey, Aug 22, 2008
  9. test-lib.sh: work around ksh's trap shortcomingsBrandon Casey, Aug 18, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2008
  11. Brandon CaseyAug 19, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2008
  13. Brandon CaseyAug 19, 2008
  14. Brandon CaseyAug 19, 2008
  15. Brandon CaseyAug 20, 2008
  16. Mike RalphsonAug 20, 2008
  17. t1002-read-tree-m-u-2way.sh: use 'git diff -U0' rather than 'diff -U0'Brandon Casey, Aug 18, 2008
  18. t9301-fast-export.sh: don't unset config variable while we're skipping test 4Brandon Casey, Aug 18, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2008
  20. Brandon CaseyAug 19, 2008
  21. t9301-fast-export: move unset of config variable into its own test functionBrandon Casey, Aug 22, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2008
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2008
  24. Johannes SixtAug 22, 2008
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2008
  26. Brandon CaseyAug 18, 2008
  27. Boyd Lynn GerberAug 19, 2008
  28. Brandon CaseyAug 19, 2008

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