From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:55:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installed
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710312354180.4362@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <7v4pg6hq8u.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> "type"?  That's probably better than using "which", but sounds quite 
> wrong.  Why not add Makefile target that the shell scripts depend on to 
> see if necessary tools are available and let the builder know if they 
> are not?

I thought the accord was that "cpio" is a _runtime_ dependency.  But yes, 
I agree "type" is not necessarily the best choice.  Maybe testing the exit 
code for 127 (not found) is the better choice?

Ciao,
Dscho