Stefan Beller <stefbel@xxxxxx> writes: > So I did > git fetch > git rebase > git describe > v1.7.12-503-g5976753 > > ./configure --prefix=/home/sb > make > make install > GEN perl/PM.stamp > SUBDIR gitweb > SUBDIR ../ > SUBDIR perl > make[1]: `perl.mak' is up to date. > ... > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/perl' > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/perl' > Appending installation info to /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2/perllocal.pod > mkdir /usr/local/lib/perl: Permission denied at > /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/Command.pm line 288 I often do an equivalent of make prefix=/home/gitster make prefix=/home/gitster install and never saw this. I do not use ./configure, and am not actively involved in maintaining that part of the system. Among the people who touched configure.ac and aclocal.m4 in the past 18 months, Stefano seems to be the most clueful with that part of the system, and among those who touched perl/Makefile.PL during the same period, I suspect Jonathan may know a thing or two about MakeMaker, so let's see if we can get help from these directions... -- 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