On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 09:39:29PM -0700, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 15. What operating system do you use Git on? > > (one or more: multiple choice, as one can use more than one OS) > > - Linux, *BSD (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc.), MS Windows/Cygwin, > > MS Windows/msysGit, MacOS X, other UNIX, other > > Shouldn't we at least name the ones we have specific support in our > Makefile instead of blanketting them into one "other Unices"? We may not > necessarily want to list all of them, but at least major ones like SunOS, > HP-UX and AIX deserve to be listed, methinks. Last time I checked git did not build on HP-UX (11.11) out of the box because its 'install' did not support -d nor -m. There are a few more issues installed here: http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/cgi-bin/wwwtar?/hpux/Development/Tools/git-1.5.6.2/git-1.5.6.2-src-11.11.tar.gz+git-1.5.6.2/HPUX.Install+text So I think the word "we support" is a bit too strong. ;-) Being more constructive, what a user using HP-UX is supported to do? 1) Use the patched git from HP. 2) Have coreutils installed. (But then I think it would be good to list this dependency in INSTALL.) 3) Patch git to use automake's install-sh. (Would such a patch be ever accepted?) Thanks. PS: No, I rarely use git on HP-UX, but I would be happy to bring the equivalent of HP's most changes to git.git if possible.
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