From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: Reduced privileges install Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:07:30 -0700 Message-ID: <86k4mhfcj1.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <325786BC-5F54-47B5-AEF5-7FDAD9BEA4BA@kellerfarm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Git List To: Andrew Keller X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Sep 20 03:17:30 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OxV0b-0006eu-0x for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:17:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754914Ab0ITBRK (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:17:10 -0400 Received: from red.stonehenge.com ([208.79.95.2]:35015 "EHLO red.stonehenge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754792Ab0ITBRJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:17:09 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 579 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:17:09 EDT Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 185EA1522; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:07:30 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.12.16; tzolkin = 12 Cib; haab = 9 Chen In-Reply-To: <325786BC-5F54-47B5-AEF5-7FDAD9BEA4BA@kellerfarm.com> (Andrew Keller's message of "Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:50:59 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Keller writes: Andrew> Because I do not own the server and my account has restricted Andrew> privileges, I attempted to augment my PATH to include a Andrew> directory in my home folder, and then install git in there by Andrew> specifying a prefix at the configure stage. The configure and Andrew> the make work, but the make install fails. Here's the last Andrew> section of the log: What's your PREFIX set to? If you set your prefix, the Perl modules are installed below the prefix, not in the system dirs. Andrew> $ make install Yeah, I don't see a prefix here, unless you set it in your Makefile. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion