Re: build issues on AIX - aka non-GNU environment, no gnu grep, no gcc

From: Michael Felt <aixtools@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 12, 2016, 22:44 UTC
Message-ID: <d746a170-a0b0-cc2a-9d27-f146d872595e@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy42wzx1f.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

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On 12-Sep-16 22:24, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Michael Felt <aixtools@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I had a couple of issues when packaging git for AIX
>> a) option -Wall by default - works fine with gcc I am sure, but not so
>> well when gcc is not your compiler
> That is expected.  As you said, it is merely "by default" and there
> are mechanisms like config.mak provided for people to override them.
>
>> b) needs a special (GNU) grep argument (-a from memory). This I
>> resolved by downloading and packaging GNU grep. However, I hope this
>> has not introduced a new dependency.
> Read the Makefile and find SANE_TEXT_GREP, perhaps?

Ah - read the manual heh?. Generally, I just download, unpack, and run configure. I do not mind needing an extra tool - as long as it is only for the build.

And, since you have something about it in your (still unread) install Notes - it has not slipped in by accident.

>
> Thanks for helping to spread Git to minority platforms.

The link is: http://www.aixtools.net/index.php/git I do not use it much (I prefer to package "distributed" src tarballs, but when testing a potential fix - git can be extremely useful!

All in all, thanks for an easy to port to a "minority" platform!