Re: Git 2.18: RUNTIME_PREFIX... is it working?

> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 10:03:10AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> > My point is that aside from RUNTIME_PREFIX, we don't need /proc. So
> > somebody who currently builds Git with a static path like
> > "/usr/libexec/git-core" and runs it inside a chroot will be just fine as
> > long as /usr/libexec/git-core is available at that name inside the
> > chroot. But if the build starts relying on RUNTIME_PREFIX, it's going to
> > regress their case.
> 
> I will say that at cPanel, we have a configuration where end users can
> end up inside a mount namespace without /proc (depending on the
> preferences of the administrator).  However, it's easy enough for us to
> simply build without RUNTIME_PREFIX if necessary.
> 
> If we turn it on by default, it would be nice if we documented (maybe in
> the Makefile) that it requires /proc on Linux for the benefit of other
> people who might be in a similar situation.