From: mlell@posteo.de
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 16:30:18 GMT
Subject: Bug: Install from .tar.xz fails without write permission on /usr/local/share/man/man3
Message-ID: <d464115b7c2ee5f9084ae9bd33cebea1@posteo.de>

Hi,

I was trying to build git 2.9.5 as a normal user, as I have no root 
access on a cluster with outdated software.

The build fails, unless I change the PREFIX=/usr/local line in 
per/perl.mak:80 to a folder where I have write permission.
Apparently, perl.mak does not honour the --prefix= setting of 
./configure.

Is it possible to change perl.mak to honor the PREFIX?

Best,
Mo


Steps to reproduce:

wget 
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.9.5.tar.xz
tar xf git-2.9.5.tar.xz
cd git-2.9.5
./configure --prefix=$HOME/.usr
make
make install # fails

Output (last lines):

install -d -m 755 '/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/share/locale'
(cd po/build/locale && gtar cf - .) | \
(cd '/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/share/locale' && umask 022 && gtar xof 
-)
make -C perl prefix='/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr' DESTDIR='' install
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/git-2.9.5/perl'
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/git-2.9.5/perl'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ERROR: Can't create '/usr/local/share/man/man3'
Do not have write permissions on '/usr/local/share/man/man3'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  at -e line 1.
make[2]: *** [pure_site_install] Error 13
make[2]: Leaving directory `/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/git-2.9.5/perl'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/git-2.9.5/perl'
make: *** [install] Error 2