From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Sunshine Subject: Re: [bug] 2.5.0 build with NO_PERL is broken Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:25:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Renato Botelho , Git List To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Aug 15 00:25:59 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQNQ9-0007Q2-GA for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:25:53 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751349AbbHNWZt (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:25:49 -0400 Received: from mail-yk0-f171.google.com ([209.85.160.171]:35522 "EHLO mail-yk0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750735AbbHNWZs (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:25:48 -0400 Received: by ykbi184 with SMTP id i184so16888627ykb.2 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:25:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=E5uPhyFYquh4CfjU8PCVdXHcOiH1cy32N77yxN+iuRw=; b=PTpH6OM7akj8MXY2N3OGl8ZWRATqL+0IDoDqn/mA1Z00WL3SeryaljZI0USMk8w2hk XUtW83nq6Ps1v5fG3KvrteytbBQ4ZbHS/i0JGygX6X5Ia0qDPAW1Ly/okCVLTRZKekHH 89K/5ba2Uy8Tq5AheaXmNYJfJQ1JcR6fkqz5Wv/A9FtcUVGZb6zrmDuy/vv8bZJxCmWZ 91U+sG/yvbScLoSVCdskjF6K6SxnnRuVO7GAyKaxS9A3r2yAZO/dILhlov92CbyFJD4S uuXbMR9H+LJ3XN+aQu1+tqr8HI09vKBCzYIc6R0pnLFoc1q5vOOgoLAcRpw9q2w4MIs4 Y9Kg== X-Received: by 10.129.88.9 with SMTP id m9mr11104776ywb.147.1439591148108; Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:25:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.37.203.6 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:25:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: lcbuiw2nxBc5GFLYeWtaLNL3RWw Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Eric Sunshine writes: > >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >>> Eric Sunshine writes: >>>> Nevertheless, there's still the problem, due to 527ec39 >>>> (generate-cmdlist: parse common group commands, 2015-05-21), that git >>>> doesn't build at all anymore when Perl is unavailable. >>> >>> I do not think that is anything new. We always have assumed "some" >>> version of Perl available in order to run t/ scripts. >> >> True, but prior to 527ec39, without Perl available, git itself could >> at least be built and used (with some commands unavailable), even if >> it couldn't be fully tested. As of 527ec39, however, git won't even >> build because common-cmds.h can't be generated. > > I wouldn't bother digging in the history myself, but I am reasonably > sure that the current genereate-common-cmds is not the sole instance > that we relied on Perl to build (not test) in the past, and that is > another reason why I do not think this is anything new. Hmm. In my tests by setting PERL_PATH to a bogus (non-existent) command, prior to 527ec39, git builds successfully, whereas, following 527ec39, it does not build. But, perhaps I overlooked something...(?)