Without this, make 3.79.1 (Darwin) says rm -f git-archimport git-archimport+ INSTLIBDIR=`make -C perl -s --no-print-directory instlibdir` && \ sed -e '1s|#!.*perl|#!/usr/bin/perl|1' \ -e '2i\ use lib (split(/:/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB} || '\'"$INSTLIBDIR"\''));' \ -e 's|@@INSTLIBDIR@@|'"$INSTLIBDIR"'|g' \ -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/1.4.1.gb564-dirty/g' \ git-archimport.perl >git-archimport+ sed: 1: "2i use lib (split(/:/, ...": command i expects \ followed by text Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> --- Note that this just fixes compilation, not the tests. All of a sudden, I have to install Scalar::Util, where things were fine before Git.pm. Note also, that this patch relies on the perl scripts not caring if an additional command is shifted into the 2nd line. I checked all of them, and they don't. Makefile | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -563,8 +563,7 @@ common-cmds.h: Documentation/git-*.txt rm -f $@ $@+ INSTLIBDIR=`$(MAKE) -C perl -s --no-print-directory instlibdir` && \ sed -e '1s|#!.*perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|1' \ - -e '2i\ - use lib (split(/:/, $$ENV{GITPERLLIB} || '\'"$$INSTLIBDIR"\''));' \ + -e "2s=^=use lib (split(/:/, \$$ENV{GITPERLLIB} || \'$$INSTLIBDIR\')); =g" \ -e 's|@@INSTLIBDIR@@|'"$$INSTLIBDIR"'|g' \ -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \ $@.perl >$@+ - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html