* Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 12:07:25PM +0200, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > !! You have installed git-* commands to new gitexecdir. > > !! Old version git-* commands still remain in bindir. > > !! Mixing two versions of Git will lead to problems. > > !! Please remove old version commands in bindir now. > > > > that's an easily overlooked detail. > > There is a 10-lines-length note about this in RelNotes, but I think > removing the old version is a task of the package manager. At least > till the git Makefile does not have an 'uninstall' target. random (likely stupid) idea: perhaps git could use ... a separate Git repo to track gitexecdir installations in $HOME/bin/? That could be tagged appropriately so you'd always know what to uninstall and whether there are clashes or incompatibilities. [ Oh, and i could switch between git versions without having to rebuild ;-) ] Ingo -- 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
