Re: [PATCH] Mention 'cpio' dependency in INSTALL

["Chris Larson" <clarson@kergoth.com>]

On 10/2/07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> writes:
>
> > reveals that cpio is not mentioned anywhere in the documentation,
> > nor in the requirements section of the INSTALL file.
>
> Thanks.
>
> We use many other tools that are typically found in bog-standard
> UNIX environments, like sed, echo, cat, sort, etc. and we do not
> list them in the INSTALL file (nor we would want to).  cpio used
> to be in the "bog standard" category but perhaps Linux distros
> do not install it by default, so it is worth listing it there.
>
> Are there other commands we rely on that may not be universally
> installed?  I myself consider "cut" to be in the category, but
> other than that I do not think of anything offhand.

I'd think it might be a good idea to list any utilities used that
aren't in, say, the Single Unix Specification, for example.
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Chris Larson - clarson at kergoth dot com
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