Re: [PATCH] Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installed

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Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:
>> +    if type cpio > /dev/null 2>&1; then
>> +            local=yes
>> +    fi
> 
> Isn't "type" a bashism?
> 
> Maybe just do
> 
>       if echo . | cpio -o > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> 
> instead? Maybe even doing this at install time to avoid the overhead of 
> executing another process..

Or perhaps trap / check actual execution of cpio in git-clone, and
fallback to ln -s / link if it fails...

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git


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