Re: [PATCH] Explain what 'ginstall' is

["H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:21:08 -0800 (PST), Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> writes:
> 
> > [...].  Perhaps configure
> > should just go looking for a suitable install program instead of
> > assuming everyone has one.
> 
> First, configure is, and (I think) consensus is that it should remain
> optional.  This means that Makefile "guess" section should have good
> defaults for your operating system.

And what if you OS *does* have an install, but one that is completely
useless^Wdifferent from the GNU install? Like the utterly useless
install on HP-UX.

> Second, the default autoconf macro AC_PROG_INSTALL *requires* that
> there is BSD-compatible `install' program (as 'install-sh' or
> 'install.sh') in the sources.  Adding such script is (I think) not a
> problem;

Yeah!

> finding minimal portable[*1*] script is.  So if you know one...
> 
> Footnotes:
> ----------
> [*1*] By "portable" I mean here 'git portable', i.e. requiring only
> those shell constructs/features that git require, not necessary
> insanelt portable the way ./configure script is.

Something like this? (gui part still missing). This is what I now
use

--8<--- make-install
#!/bin/sh

PREFIX=/pro/local
BINDIR=$PREFIX/bin
SHARED=$PREFIX/share

for p in git-fetch-pack git-hash-object git-index-pack git-fast-import \
	 git-daemon git-merge-index git-mktag git-mktree git-patch-id \
	 git-receive-pack git-send-pack git-shell git-show-index \
	 git-unpack-file git-update-server-info git-upload-pack \
	 git-pack-redundant git-var git-merge-tree git-imap-send \
	 git-merge-recursive  git-bisect git-checkout git-clone \
	 git-merge-one-file git-mergetool git-parse-remote git-pull \
	 git-rebase git-rebase--interactive git-repack git-request-pull \
	 git-sh-setup git-am git-merge git-merge-stupid git-merge-octopus \
	 git-merge-resolve git-lost-found git-quiltimport git-submodule \
	 git-filter-branch git-stash git-add--interactive git-archimport \
	 git-cvsimport git-relink git-cvsserver git-remote git-cvsexportcommit \
	 git-send-email git-svn git-instaweb git-merge-subtree ; do
    rm -f $BINDIR/$p
    cp $p $BINDIR
    chmod 755 $BINDIR/$p
    done

cp git $BINDIR
cd templates
rm -rf $SHARED/git-core
mkdir  $SHARED/git-core
mkdir  $SHARED/git-core/templates
(cd blt && tar cf - .) | (cd $SHARED/git-core/templates/ && tar xf -)
cd ..
cd perl
make
make install UNINST=1
cd ..

for p in git-format-patch git-show git-whatchanged git-cherry \
	 git-get-tar-commit-id git-init git-repo-config git-fsck-objects \
	 git-cherry-pick git-peek-remote git-status git-add git-annotate \
	 git-apply git-archive git-blame git-branch git-bundle git-cat-file \
	 git-check-attr git-checkout-index git-check-ref-format git-clean \
	 git-commit git-commit-tree git-count-objects git-describe git-diff \
	 git-diff-files git-diff-index git-diff-tree git-fast-export \
	 git-fetch git-fetch-pack git-fetch--tool git-fmt-merge-msg \
	 git-for-each-ref git-fsck git-gc git-grep git-init-db git-log \
	 git-ls-files git-ls-tree git-ls-remote git-mailinfo git-mailsplit \
	 git-merge-base git-merge-file git-merge-ours git-mv git-name-rev \
	 git-pack-objects git-prune git-prune-packed git-push git-read-tree \
	 git-reflog git-send-pack git-config git-rerere git-reset \
	 git-rev-list git-rev-parse git-revert git-rm git-shortlog \
	 git-show-branch git-stripspace git-symbolic-ref git-tag git-tar-tree \
	 git-unpack-objects git-update-index git-update-ref \
	 git-upload-archive git-verify-pack git-verify-tag git-write-tree \
	 git-show-ref git-pack-refs ; do
    rm -f $BINDIR/$p
    ln $BINDIR/git $BINDIR/$p
    done
-->8---

-- 
H.Merijn Brand         Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/)
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& 11.23, SuSE 10.1 & 10.2, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin.       http://qa.perl.org
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