From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE3420986 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932674AbcI0Ped (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:34:33 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:62609 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754640AbcI0Peb (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:34:31 -0400 Received: from virtualbox ([108.198.118.51]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LjuR3-1bDeli0wEz-00bs17; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:34:23 +0200 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:34:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox To: Paul Smith cc: Junio C Hamano , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: git 2.9.2: is RUNTIME_PREFIX supposed to work? In-Reply-To: <1474982294.3190.32.camel@mad-scientist.net> Message-ID: References: <1474925524.4270.35.camel@mad-scientist.net> <1474982294.3190.32.camel@mad-scientist.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="8323329-58138269-1474990463=:129229" X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:5VyxG3kPv8nuKlLfx32bLqoaKLnrrijtixrooEKUy1q1uCG4/dA BW8o3qFpkuXlL+yijpMKK/B60o1byiBRg8Zi1JIcC+pkMBtTxMwzIVd/EtOqrtGRNWT3vV4 817OQ5mh4Q4pyibHUSQZqzEbO50whc3JCiDWZYBANrymeHV1uMgi7ftoRw5iHYg5fBoNNQX +UC8kttpgfdqTDQuQOEMQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:aXz+PVQG+mU=:jHK4GDT2DjHy1gz9vPkyRD BQ/4hGeMy2L4tGtW56ZMnzNCzDkaU0jd3KMM41oIJNxQMdR0ww2guGFk6QFzZ/QPA6BJXlgiF M1++Q6dRlRCq0nfvwFXqmGvqDx0BVFrIrFuFImp0u3nWKBPGJvwVCCzaXbQTCw1VFsEHD2bxU Y/k0CI09W3ycfCyeUy944DFKo4jj3GzSgIHvKaYB6u9PBuuZXzVsvaUTFOmXjLfOfch+QDrSn vbMZBX/lFrk+dUsYuJVD3KryxoExpOeW9cXlABihwEdxLb9e6TmBGYSIwgvUpBDmVvTqFbusv lTgBln5mqJaIOsOEUbTV3K+TCDrh7P2pyPScplcmqYFIXrDZKsT5js1QvYMb03j5tqYMt0RIa G6xIJXqkX1uGlE8q2xTkB37FyrStkdR/yLoDEc9O0l3YJGViqqFM8/JfZvlzSbfbBjlw6d5L0 49bhjgU6QLiVgsKpk/9G3nQw9VKd2pfOmfLnZ9FJsXfMJBszg4MK5vQcmKOmQd4JCZRnxn6ML fEUpi9h0jZOcISNvZ05OoXXdYO4HS0s3dsosNIFIjQga3KoRiuB4It0DbBe21ZDGjiupWxsrr d+zCPHagKTIEQm/Zqeb/WTh7Y4QMtBsAOQenbcK0IJ68ioarMWKzs09Isbg98VXpmEGE+sEH5 LH1gCzq3wBNGELR08wDZOEeg/WL3OtxMFpV5gcqFZZZA9Mhn2ohvRpQw98Nx1T0cYk9BKp+Ia AsKXLRdjXK/LeLW/IvhKo4NsW0ING0XA2yYEOXgF8NBXU6v8MruTCJ0fcpx3EPvfOh2dRFrHC yl/oGwu Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-58138269-1474990463=:129229 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Hi Paul, On Tue, 27 Sep 2016, Paul Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 14:57 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Paul Smith wr= ote: > > >=20 > > > Hi all. I'm trying to create a relocatable installation of Git 2.9.2= , > > > so I can copy it anywhere and it continues to run without any problem= =2E > > > This is on GNU/Linux systems, FWIW. > >=20 > > I had an impression that the setting was only to support MS Windows. >=20 > Hm. =C2=A0You may be right. =C2=A0If so that's too bad, because a relocat= able Git > is very handy even on UNIX systems. I see no reason why we have to keep the RUNTIME_PREFIX functional for Windows only. Paul, how about giving it a try to fix things? I can make sure that your changes do not break anything on Windows. Ciao, Johannes --8323329-58138269-1474990463=:129229--