# Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2] 4 messages from 2007-12-17 to 2007-12-17. Participants: Sam Vilain, Jeff King, Andre Noll. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11322 ## Sam Vilain, 2007-12-17 14:42 Subject: Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2] Message-ID: <47668ABB.9000504@vilain.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/47668ABB.9000504%40vilain.net ``` 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=] [--reference ] [--bare] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u ] [--origin ] [--depth ] [-n] [] $ 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, 2007-12-17 15:13 Subject: Re: Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2] Message-ID: <20071217151305.GA21750@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20071217151305.GA21750%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: <47668ABB.9000504@vilain.net> ``` 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, 2007-12-17 15:18 Subject: Re: Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2] Message-ID: <20071217151829.GP32704@skl-net.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20071217151829.GP32704%40skl-net.de In-Reply-To: <47668ABB.9000504@vilain.net> ``` 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, 2007-12-17 16:07 Subject: Re: Solaris install error: didn't get git-init link was [Fwd: Re: The Reposithon! Take 2] Message-ID: <20071217160717.GA28303@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20071217160717.GA28303%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: <20071217151829.GP32704@skl-net.de> ``` On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 04:18:29PM +0100, Andre Noll 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? /usr/sbin/install doesn't seem to work at all on Solaris. Using /usr/ucb/install does correctly create the hardlinks. -Peff ```