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Subject: Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2]

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4 messages between Dec 17, 2007 and Dec 17, 2007.

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Sam Vilain· Dec 17, 2007, 14:42 UTC · lore

Refer attached ... 1.5.3.6 install, didn't get git-init link to git. Ring any bells?

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, H.Merijn Brand wrote:

> I don't say porting git to HP-UX was/is easy, but at least I got it building
> in less than four hours without having to depend on other projects. I gave
> up on SVN after three days and not having any runnable part of svn at all.

My experiences on Solaris are about equally painful, but reversed. I ended up hand-editing svn's configure scripts to get them to work at all. It took about a day of on-and-off effort, but it does now seem to work.

Git took about half a day to get to build and install, but alas it doesn't seem to work:

    $ git-clone git://git.utsl.gen.nz/p4-metadata
    /home/doughera/git/bin/git-clone: git-init: command not found
    Usage: /home/doughera/git/bin/git-clone [--template=<template_directory>] [--reference <reference-repo>] [--bare] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u <upload-pack>] [--origin <name>] [--depth <n>] [-n] <repo> [<dir>]
    $ git --version
    git version 1.5.3.6

Indeed, I have no 'git-init' command anywhere to be found. I have no idea if this is normal. It's probably something simple, but I probably won't have time to investigate until January sometime.

Sigh.

On the other hand, I certainly agree that the discussion has been constructive and positive. Sam's done a wonderful job working on converting the perforce repository and sharing his work with the broader community.

-- 
    Andy Dougherty		doughera@lafayette.edu

Jeff King· Dec 17, 2007, 15:13 UTC · re: Sam Vilain · lore

Re: Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 03:42:03AM +1300, Sam Vilain wrote:

> Refer attached ... 1.5.3.6 install, didn't get git-init link to git.
> Ring any bells?

I just tried it and it worked OK. Note that the hardlinks are the _last_ part of the install procedure, even after doing the perl and git-gui subdirectories. Are we sure the "make install" actually made it to completion?

-Peff

Andre Noll· Dec 17, 2007, 15:18 UTC · re: Sam Vilain · lore

Re: Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2]

On 03:42, Sam Vilain wrote:

> Refer attached ... 1.5.3.6 install, didn't get git-init link to git.
> Ring any bells?

/usr/sbin/install does not accept all options that git's "make install" is using?

Andre

-- 
The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe

Jeff King· Dec 17, 2007, 16:07 UTC · re: Andre Noll · lore

Re: Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 04:18:29PM +0100, Andre Noll wrote:

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> > Refer attached ... 1.5.3.6 install, didn't get git-init link to git.
> > Ring any bells?
> 
> /usr/sbin/install does not accept all options that git's "make install"
> is using?

/usr/sbin/install doesn't seem to work at all on Solaris. Using /usr/ucb/install does correctly create the hardlinks.

-Peff