Re: Install-prefix when building should not be hardcoded

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 5, 2022, 21:21 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpmf6nf09.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAAOCJVAAwgECsJPfm7eHOMmKPewJzxHTKhjwacxPRYWJkSpX_g@mail.gmail.com>

darkdragon <darkdragon-001@web.de> writes:

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> On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 9:34 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> Đoàn Trần Công Danh  <congdanhqx@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > On 2022-10-04 09:38:24+0200, darkdragon <darkdragon-001@web.de> wrote:
>> >> Even though in Makefile, it is stated that git will figure out
>> >> gitexecdir at runtime based on the path to the executable, there are
>> >> many output files where $(prefix) will be hardcoded. Even git
>> >> --exec-path will print out $(compile_prefix)/libexec/git-core instead
>> >> of using run_prefix.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure about this part.
>>
>> Perhaps it is related to the use of RUNTIME_PREFIX (which I don't
>> use myself)?
>
> This seems to do the trick! Thanks a lot!

I guess somebody needs to send a patch to the Makefile to clarify the comment that led us confused in this thread. Volunteers?

Thanks.