Re: [PATCH] NO_PERL support

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi,

On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Jeff King wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 12:03:50AM -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Effects:
> > - No perl-based scripts or code are installed:
> > 	$SCRIPT_PERL
> > 	git-instaweb
> > 	gitweb
> > 	git-cvsserver
> > 	git-svn
> > - git-add does NOT have interactive support.
> > - None of the tests for the disabled stuff gets run.
> 
> Hmm. With this patch, a user with a NO_PERL build will just get:
> 
>   $ git svn
>   git: 'svn' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.
>   $ git add -i
>   error: unknown switch `i'
>   usage: ...
> 
> I wonder if we should be a little nicer and say "we know about this
> command or option, but we did not build support for it". OTOH, what you
> have mirrors what NO_TCLTK does, so perhaps it is not a big deal.

Actually, "add -i" is a part of another program that does work without 
Perl, so it is quite a different kind of kettle.

It is not like "git gui" works with NO_TCLTK but "git gui -i" does not.

Ciao,
Dscho
--
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

[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel Development]     [Gcc Help]     [IETF Annouce]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Networking]     [Security]     [V4L]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Fedora Users]

  Powered by Linux