From: Stefan Pfetzing Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:08:48 GMT Subject: Re: Git 1.3.2 on Solaris Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi Linus, 2006/5/17, Linus Torvalds : > > So let me just quote the thing you quoted but apparently didn't read: [snip] I did read that. > There already _is_ such a directory. It's your "prefix=" directory plus > "bin". > > So what you can do is make sure you compile with > > make prefix=/my/git/installation/prefix > > and then install the GNU tools in /my/git/installation/prefix/bin, and > you're all set. Ok, if I would do so, my prefix would be /usr/pkg, and the bindir would be /usr/pkg/bin. So I would need to have an xargs and so on symlink in /usr/pkg/bin. But this is simply not acceptable, because it breaks other NetBSD pkgsrc scripts. Besides that, installing git to a different location is not an option for me, because I want to have git packaged by pkgsrc. I suggest Junio's solution will work (gitexecdir) but I have to try that later today. > At most you might have to make some of the tests use "git xyzzy" instead > of "git-xyzzy", and run "make install" before "make test". > > It wouldn't be wonderful, but hey, I've given alternatives (like using the > GNU tools by default, or helping make git more portable in the first > place). So it's a hack. Yes I know, as far as I can, I'm willing to help with this. bye dreamind -- http://www.dreamind.de/ Oroborus and Debian GNU/Linux Developer.