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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: create an install-symlinks target
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:48:21 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707181344520.14781@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86bqe9lwy8.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>

Hi,

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, David Kastrup wrote:

> Use this, for example, to do
> rm -rf /opt/git
> make prefix=/opt/git install
> make symlinkprefix=/usr/local prefix=/opt/git install-symlinks

You mean

	This target allows you to have git installed in one location,
	and have symbolic links to all of the programs installed in 
	another	location.  For example, if git was installed to /opt/git
	with

		make prefix=/opt/git install

	you can install symbolic links in /usr/local/bin with

		make symlinkprefix=/usr/local prefix=/opt/git \
			install-symlinks

Hmm.  Why not install it with a proper package manager in the correct 
place to begin with?  Somehow I find so many symbolic links ugly.

Ciao,
Dscho

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-07-18 12:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-18 10:41 [PATCH] Makefile: create an install-symlinks target David Kastrup
2007-07-18 12:41 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 12:48 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2007-07-18 14:33   ` Peter Baumann
2007-07-18 13:08 ` Alex Riesen
2007-07-18 14:06   ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 10:41     ` [PATCH 1/2] " David Kastrup
2007-07-18 14:45       ` [PATCH 2/2] Makefile: use $(FIND) instead of find David Kastrup
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-07-29 21:26 [PATCH] Makefile: create an install-symlinks target David Kastrup
2007-07-29 22:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-29 22:30   ` David Kastrup
2007-07-29 23:44     ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-07-29 22:26 ` Peter Baumann

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