Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Feb 15 2018, SZEDER Gábor jotted: > >> Since commit 20d2a30f8f (Makefile: replace perl/Makefile.PL with >> simple make rules, 2017-12-10), the Git(3pm) man page is only >> generated as an indirect dependency of the 'install-doc' and >> 'install-man' Makefile targets. Consequently, if someone runs 'make >> man && sudo make install-man' (or their 'doc' counterparts), then >> Git(3pm) will be generated as root, and the resulting root-owned files >> and directories will in turn cause the next user-run 'make clean' to >> fail. This was not an issue in the past, because Git(3pm) was >> generated when 'make all' descended into 'perl/', which is usually not >> run as root. >> >> List Git(3pm) as a dependency of the 'doc' and 'man' Makefile targets, >> too, so it gets generated by targets that are usually built as >> ordinary users. >> >> While at it, add 'install-man-perl' to the list of .PHONY targets. > > Thanks for the fixup of my crappy 'make' skills. I tested this before > the patch and it indeed has the problem you describe, and this fixes > it. Thanks! CC-ing Junio because I think it makes sense to pick this up > as-is. > > Reviewed-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks. It is better late than never to have fixes like this, but I am a bit disturbed to notice that for the last few batches, we see fixes to topics after they land 'master', not while they are in 'next'. Will apply.
