Re: [PATCH 1/6] Move computation of absolute paths from Makefile to runtime and compute prefix on the fly if RUNTIME_PREFIX set

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On Samstag, 10. Januar 2009, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
> This is the first commit of a series that adds support for
> relocatable binaries (called RUNTIME_PREFIX).  Such binaries can be
> moved together with the system configuration files to a different
> directory, as long as the relative paths from the binary to the
> configuration files is preserved.  This functionality is essential
> on Windows where we deliver git binaries with an installer that
> allows to freely choose the installation location.  The commit
> series implements RUNTIME_PREFIX only on Windows.  Adding support
> on Unix should not be too hard, though.

This series looks sane, and my comments on 2/6 and 3/6 certainly do not 
indicate any showstoppers. I've just started using it; so far there are no 
problems.

-- Hannes
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