On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:21:08 -0800 (PST), Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andy Dougherty <doughera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > [...]. Perhaps configure > > should just go looking for a suitable install program instead of > > assuming everyone has one. > > First, configure is, and (I think) consensus is that it should remain > optional. This means that Makefile "guess" section should have good > defaults for your operating system. And what if you OS *does* have an install, but one that is completely useless^Wdifferent from the GNU install? Like the utterly useless install on HP-UX. > Second, the default autoconf macro AC_PROG_INSTALL *requires* that > there is BSD-compatible `install' program (as 'install-sh' or > 'install.sh') in the sources. Adding such script is (I think) not a > problem; Yeah! > finding minimal portable[*1*] script is. So if you know one... > > Footnotes: > ---------- > [*1*] By "portable" I mean here 'git portable', i.e. requiring only > those shell constructs/features that git require, not necessary > insanelt portable the way ./configure script is. Something like this? (gui part still missing). This is what I now use --8<--- make-install #!/bin/sh PREFIX=/pro/local BINDIR=$PREFIX/bin SHARED=$PREFIX/share for p in git-fetch-pack git-hash-object git-index-pack git-fast-import \ git-daemon git-merge-index git-mktag git-mktree git-patch-id \ git-receive-pack git-send-pack git-shell git-show-index \ git-unpack-file git-update-server-info git-upload-pack \ git-pack-redundant git-var git-merge-tree git-imap-send \ git-merge-recursive git-bisect git-checkout git-clone \ git-merge-one-file git-mergetool git-parse-remote git-pull \ git-rebase git-rebase--interactive git-repack git-request-pull \ git-sh-setup git-am git-merge git-merge-stupid git-merge-octopus \ git-merge-resolve git-lost-found git-quiltimport git-submodule \ git-filter-branch git-stash git-add--interactive git-archimport \ git-cvsimport git-relink git-cvsserver git-remote git-cvsexportcommit \ git-send-email git-svn git-instaweb git-merge-subtree ; do rm -f $BINDIR/$p cp $p $BINDIR chmod 755 $BINDIR/$p done cp git $BINDIR cd templates rm -rf $SHARED/git-core mkdir $SHARED/git-core mkdir $SHARED/git-core/templates (cd blt && tar cf - .) | (cd $SHARED/git-core/templates/ && tar xf -) cd .. cd perl make make install UNINST=1 cd .. for p in git-format-patch git-show git-whatchanged git-cherry \ git-get-tar-commit-id git-init git-repo-config git-fsck-objects \ git-cherry-pick git-peek-remote git-status git-add git-annotate \ git-apply git-archive git-blame git-branch git-bundle git-cat-file \ git-check-attr git-checkout-index git-check-ref-format git-clean \ git-commit git-commit-tree git-count-objects git-describe git-diff \ git-diff-files git-diff-index git-diff-tree git-fast-export \ git-fetch git-fetch-pack git-fetch--tool git-fmt-merge-msg \ git-for-each-ref git-fsck git-gc git-grep git-init-db git-log \ git-ls-files git-ls-tree git-ls-remote git-mailinfo git-mailsplit \ git-merge-base git-merge-file git-merge-ours git-mv git-name-rev \ git-pack-objects git-prune git-prune-packed git-push git-read-tree \ git-reflog git-send-pack git-config git-rerere git-reset \ git-rev-list git-rev-parse git-revert git-rm git-shortlog \ git-show-branch git-stripspace git-symbolic-ref git-tag git-tar-tree \ git-unpack-objects git-update-index git-update-ref \ git-upload-archive git-verify-pack git-verify-tag git-write-tree \ git-show-ref git-pack-refs ; do rm -f $BINDIR/$p ln $BINDIR/git $BINDIR/$p done -->8--- -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/) using & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11, & 11.23, SuSE 10.1 & 10.2, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin. http://qa.perl.org http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ - 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