Hi, I have trouble installing the Git Perl module to the correct installation prefix, which is required for git send-email. The problem is reproducible with the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12 make make install While git is installed to --prefix, the Git Perl module is not: … make -C templates DESTDIR='' install make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/templates' install -d -m 755 '/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/git-core/templates' (cd blt && gtar cf - .) | \ (cd '/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/git-core/templates' && umask 022 && gtar xof -) make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/templates' install -d -m 755 '/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/libexec/git-core/mergetools' install -m 644 mergetools/* '/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/libexec/git-core/mergetools' install -d -m 755 '/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/locale' (cd po/build/locale && gtar cf - .) | \ (cd '/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/locale' && umask 022 && gtar xof -) make -C perl prefix='/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12' DESTDIR='' install make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/perl' make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/perl' Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/I18N.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/IndexInfo.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Log.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Ra.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Prompt.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Migration.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Utils.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Editor.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/GlobSpec.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Memoize/YAML.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Prompt.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Fetcher.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Editor.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/man/man3/Git::I18N.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Memoize::YAML.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Ra.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/man/man3/Git.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Utils.3pm Appending installation info to /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/lib64/perl5/perllocal.pod make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/perl' make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/perl' … As seen above, the perl module is installed to the parent directory. Strangely, if perl/Makefile is invoked manually, it works: make -C perl prefix='/home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12' DESTDIR='' install make: Entering directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/perl' make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/perl' Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/I18N.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/IndexInfo.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Log.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Ra.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Prompt.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Migration.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Utils.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Editor.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/GlobSpec.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Memoize/YAML.pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Prompt.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Fetcher.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Editor.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/man/man3/Git::I18N.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Memoize::YAML.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Ra.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/man/man3/Git.3pm Installing /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/share/man/man3/Git::SVN::Utils.3pm Appending installation info to /home/peter/usr/rhel6-x86_64/git-1.7.12/lib64/perl5/perllocal.pod make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/perl' make: Leaving directory `/tmp/git/git-1.7.12/perl' Thanks, Peter -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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