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Re: [PATCH resend] perl/Makefile.PL: teach makefiles about possible old Error.pm files

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
May 22, 2008, 11:46 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 21 May 2008, Chris Frey wrote:
> The problem as I see it, is that the decision about whether the existing 
> Error.pm "works as expected" is done at compile time.  And git will 
> break itself by repeated installs.

I do not see how it is _Git_ that breaks itself by repeated installs. It detects that there is an Error.pm. Fine. You _remove_ it while installing Git. Not fine. Not Git's error.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. perl/Makefile.PL: teach makefiles about possible old Error.pm filesChris Frey, May 17, 2008
  2. Chris FreyMay 17, 2008
  3. perl/Makefile.PL: teach makefiles about possible old Error.pm filesChris Frey, May 21, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2008
  5. Chris FreyMay 21, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinMay 22, 2008
  7. Chris FreyMay 22, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 22, 2008
  9. Chris FreyMay 22, 2008
  10. INSTALL: explain Error.pm dependencyChris Frey, May 23, 2008
  11. Sverre RabbelierMay 22, 2008

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