From: "H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
To: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Cc: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Explain what 'ginstall' is
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:11:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071218121115.1c893dc4@pc09.procura.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200712181014.38986.jnareb@gmail.com>
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:14:38 +0100, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:20:38 +0100, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:21:08 -0800 (PST), Jakub Narebski wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> 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; finding minimal portable[*1*] script is.
> >>>> So if you know one...
> >>
> >> [...]. There is need for BSD-compatibile
> >> `install` program as 'install-sh', not 'make-install' script. The idea
> >> is to use system-provided 'install' if it exists and is compatibile,
> >
> > There lies the problem. HP-UX does have an 'install', but it is not
> > compatible, and chances are (very) small that people have installed
> > the GNU or any other BSD compliant install.
> >
> >> because it should be faster than script version, and fallback to
> >> provided install-sh only if system install is not found.
> >
> > The problem again. It *does* find install, but it turns out to be
> > unusable.
>
> Could you check if ./configure correctly uses install-sh in your case?
> Copy install-sh from for example autotools[*1*] (e.g. libtool has one)
> to the git sources, uncomment line with AC_PROG_INSTALL in configure.ac,
> generate configure script using "make configure" and check what
> ./configure chooses.
>
> In my case it is:
>
> $ cp /usr/share/libtool/install-sh .
> $ make configure
> GIT_VERSION = 1.5.4.rc0.56.g6fbe-dirty
> GEN configure
> $ ./configure
> configure: CHECKS for programs
> [...]
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>
> What is ./configure output in your case?
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 112 > rm config.{log,status}
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 113 > configure --prefix=/pro/local --disable-nls --without-iconv --with-perl=/pro/bin/perl >& config-log
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 114 > grep -w install !$
grep -w install config-log
Exit 1
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 115 >
The system could have used either one of these:
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 116 > ll /pro/local/share/automa*/install-sh
258090 -rwxr-xr-x 1 merijn softwr 9212 Sep 2 2004 /pro/local/share/automake-1.9/install-sh
77938 -rwxr-xr-x 1 merijn softwr 5598 Oct 4 2001 /pro/local/share/automake/install-sh
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 119 > cp /pro/3gl/GNU/gcc/r3/gcc-4.2.2/install-sh install-sh
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 120 > rm config.{log,status}
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 121 > configure --prefix=/pro/local --disable-nls --without-iconv --with-perl=/pro/bin/perl > & config-log
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 122 > grep -w install config-log
Exit 1
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 123 > ll install-sh
121737 -rwxrwxr-x 1 merijn softwr 9233 Dec 18 12:06 install-sh
/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 124 >
-- uncommented the AC_PROG_INSTALL line ...
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 125 > rm config.{log,status}
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 126 > configure --prefix=/pro/local --disable-nls --without-iconv --with-perl=/pro/bin/perl > & config-log
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 127 > grep -w install config-log
Exit 1
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 128 > grep -w install config.log config.status
Exit 1
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 129 >
OK, rebuild configure ...
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 129 > make configure
GEN configure
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 130 > rm config.{log,status}
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 131 > configure --prefix=/pro/local --disable-nls --without-iconv --with-perl=/pro/bin/perl > & config-log
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 132 > grep -w install config-log config.log config.status
config-log:checking for a BSD-compatible install... /opt/imake/bin/install -c
config.log:configure:2218: checking for a BSD-compatible install
config.log:configure:2273: result: /opt/imake/bin/install -c
config.log:ac_cv_path_install='/opt/imake/bin/install -c'
config.status:INSTALL="/opt/imake/bin/install -c"
a5:/pro/3gl/LINUX/git-2007-12-17 133 >
> Footnotes:
> ----------
> [*1*] Or for example http://svn.scheffers.net/zlib/tclconfig/install-sh
> which is smaller (2189 bytes vs. 9233 autotools one, or 10970 from
> kapptemplate (kdesdk 3.5.3)).
--
H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/)
using & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11,
& 11.23, SuSE 10.1 & 10.2, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin. http://qa.perl.org
http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org
http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-18 11:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-17 21:46 [PATCH] Explain what 'ginstall' is Andy Dougherty
2007-12-18 1:21 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-12-18 7:38 ` H.Merijn Brand
2007-12-18 8:20 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-12-18 8:38 ` H.Merijn Brand
2007-12-18 9:14 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-12-18 11:11 ` H.Merijn Brand [this message]
2007-12-18 12:32 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-12-18 13:32 ` H.Merijn Brand
2007-12-18 14:03 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-12-18 14:27 ` H.Merijn Brand
2007-12-23 9:01 ` Jan Hudec
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