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From: eschvoca <eschvoca@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: make install bug?
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:06:44 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2b05065b0512160706o1a6a3fa5kcc34a108f5149a8f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vzmn6i4kf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

You are right, CDPATH is the problem.  I am no longer exporting CDPATH.

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On 12/12/05, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> eschvoca <eschvoca@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I can fix the problem by changing templates/Makefile to the following:
> >
> > install: all
> >     $(INSTALL) -d -m755 $(call shellquote,$(DESTDIR)$(template_dir))
> >     (cd blt && $(TAR) cf - . > /tmp/a.tar) | \
> >     (cd $(call shellquote,$(DESTDIR)$(template_dir)) && $(TAR) xf /tmp/a.tar)
>
> Here is my guess.  Could you try, from your interactive shell:
>
>         $ (unset CDPATH; make install)
>
> first without the above "fix" (your "fixed" pipe does not make
> any sense --- what are the data passed between pipe upstream and
> downstream?)?
>
> If that makes the problem go away, then your environment is
> broken --- my guess is that you are exporting CDPATH to
> non-interactive scripts.  Don't do that.
>
> I once googled for "CDPATH" and saw many "guide to unix" type
> webpages talk about "CDPATH environment variable"; they are the
> real culprit to cause this confusion in peoples' .bash_profile.
> CDPATH might be a nice variable for interactive shells, but is a
> horrible one if made environment.
>
>

      reply	other threads:[~2005-12-16 15:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-12 15:35 make install bug? eschvoca
2005-12-12 17:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-16 15:06   ` eschvoca [this message]

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