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=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,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 2215E20986 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:25:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750840AbcI0NZG (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:25:06 -0400 Received: from gproxy6-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([67.222.39.168]:34001 "HELO gproxy6-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751631AbcI0NZE (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:25:04 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 400 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:25:04 EDT Received: (qmail 17721 invoked by uid 0); 27 Sep 2016 13:18:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cmgw4) (10.0.90.85) by gproxy6.mail.unifiedlayer.com with SMTP; 27 Sep 2016 13:18:23 -0000 Received: from box531.bluehost.com ([74.220.219.131]) by cmgw4 with id odJG1t00r2qhmhE01dJKfB; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 07:18:23 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=Hq7lRSjS c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=GcR8MKwCKDX7fzHfRD/fNg==:117 a=GcR8MKwCKDX7fzHfRD/fNg==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=GW1xBdLrtEIA:10 a=pBbsfl06AAAA:8 a=7Fc2rPtaS4-xxt_ugvUA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=Pykvx6M6Og9ney6Qs4Vj:22 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mad-scientist.net; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Mime-Version: Content-Type:References:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:To:Reply-To:From:Subject: Message-ID; bh=CaoDROwZLrg16A1jPemcc62RzCeXEBVsTqhza0og6Rc=; b=Pe77NJDfTmUeUM dCiKgSIBNM1Dhg5RUphUQ129JJR11QrhyDripDx7vfu6vJ+6S/KymsperYw7gqg76JwM29O+fsmIv +VO1LHlpCSCgIcQvzTlhkf09zrLSZyw9ac8k1; Received: from pool-173-76-103-154.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([173.76.103.154]:46126 helo=homebase) by box531.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_1) (envelope-from ) id 1bosH2-0005HT-NH; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 07:18:16 -0600 Message-ID: <1474982294.3190.32.camel@mad-scientist.net> Subject: Re: git 2.9.2: is RUNTIME_PREFIX supposed to work? From: Paul Smith Reply-To: paul@mad-scientist.net To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Git Mailing List Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:18:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: <1474925524.4270.35.camel@mad-scientist.net> Organization: Please remain calm: I may be mad but I am a professional -- Mad Scientist Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.20.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box531.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - mad-scientist.net X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 173.76.103.154 X-Exim-ID: 1bosH2-0005HT-NH X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: pool-173-76-103-154.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (homebase) [173.76.103.154]:46126 X-Source-Auth: paul@mad-scientist.us X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: bWFkc2NpZTE7bWFkc2NpZTE7Ym94NTMxLmJsdWVob3N0LmNvbQ== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 14:57 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > > > > 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. > > This is on GNU/Linux systems, FWIW. > > I had an impression that the setting was only to support MS Windows. Hm.  You may be right.  If so that's too bad, because a relocatable Git is very handy even on UNIX systems.  Is there a reason for invoking the subcommands by providing the plain command ("fetch", "merge-base") as argv[0], rather than giving the fully-qualified path to a Git command?