Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> Building without localization support
> ------------------------------------
> I tried to build git from source without localization support by adding
> the following line to the Makefile,
>
> NO_GETTEXT=1
>
> It doesn't seem to be working for reasons I'm unable to find. I used
> the following commands to build git.
>
> make prefix=$CUSTOM_BUILD_LOCATION
> make install prefix=$CUSTOM_BUILD_LOCATION
>
> While trying to build (without the 'gettext' library that's required
> for localization) I get the following error,
>
> Manifying 8 pod documents
> SUBDIR templates
> MSGFMT po/build/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/git.mo
> /bin/sh: 1: msgfmt: not found
> Makefile:2179: recipe for target
> 'po/build/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/git.mo' failed
> make: *** [po/build/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/git.mo] Error 127
>
> What could I be missing?
There is
ifndef NO_GETTEXT
all:: $(MOFILES)
endif
which attempts to avoid generating *.mo files, but that does not
seem to be working.
>
>
> Adding HTTPS support
> --------------------
> I tried to add HTTP/HTTPS support to the custom built version for which
> AFAIK 'git' depends on 'curl'. I tried providing the location of the
> curl source in the Makefile using the following line after reading the
> instructions in the Makefile.
>
> CURLDIR=/path/to/curl/source
Shouldn't this point at an installed location (iow, we do not build
curl from the source while building Git)?
# Define CURLDIR=/foo/bar if your curl header and library files are in
# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
> Even after doing this the custom built git errors with the following
> message when I try to use the 'git fetch' command,
>
> fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'
This is probably because you are trying to run without installing?
Ask the "git" you built what its --exec-path is, and run "ls" on
that directory to see if you have git-remote-https installed?
Trying a freshly built Git binaries without installing is done by
setting GIT_EXEC_PATH to point at bin-wrappers/ directory at the
top-level of your build tree (that is how our tests can run on an
otherwise virgin box with no Git installed).
