From: Erik Mouw <mouw@nl.linux.org>
To: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git installation (as private user) should NEVER write site_perl
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:12:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070220181224.GD26444@gateway.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86abz8sodh.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:57:46AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "Erik" == Erik Mouw <mouw@nl.linux.org> writes:
>
> Erik> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:18:15AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >> I tried to install git on a system where I was a normal user. Of course,
> >> this step fails:
> >>
> >> Installing /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Error.pm
> >> Installing /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Git.pm
>
> Erik> It gets installed in ~/share/perl/5.8.4/ when I compile as a normal
> Erik> user (git-1.5.0.1):
>
> Erik> Installing /home/erik/share/perl/5.8.4/Error.pm
> Erik> Installing /home/erik/share/perl/5.8.4/Git.pm
> Erik> Installing /home/erik/man/man3/private-Error.3pm
> Erik> Installing /home/erik/man/man3/Git.3pm
>
> Is that a personally-installed Perl though? Those paths look suspicious.
No, just standard Debian stable packages:
erik@zurix:~> which perl
/usr/bin/perl
erik@zurix:~> dpkg -S /usr/bin/perl
perl-base: /usr/bin/perl
perl-base: /usr/bin/perl
erik@zurix:~> dpkg -l perl-base
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii perl-base 5.8.4-8sarge5 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
Git is installed in my home directory:
erik@zurix:~ > which git
/home/erik/bin/git
Erik
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-20 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-20 17:18 git installation (as private user) should NEVER write site_perl Randal L. Schwartz
2007-02-20 17:55 ` Erik Mouw
2007-02-20 17:57 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2007-02-20 18:12 ` Erik Mouw [this message]
2007-02-20 18:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-02-20 18:08 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2007-02-20 18:53 ` Randal L. Schwartz
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