From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIMWL_WL_MED shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E466A1F42D for ; Thu, 31 May 2018 16:30:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755594AbeEaQaW (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2018 12:30:22 -0400 Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:35808 "EHLO mout01.posteo.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755557AbeEaQaW (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2018 12:30:22 -0400 Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DBB921103 for ; Thu, 31 May 2018 18:30:20 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1527784220; bh=Hu2LcT5a5LJYQJqq7xoetwvfMHLUS1k9+kXF7cXP24w=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=JDDf6DLCNtwH1+4nahHR5PjayEMLeGX4HW+XoBpCxgdznJvj/37SBbALC6Q0hYX4g QpNfKH7vFowgEbODH8RlKyRKLd3XMunMg/FrF9Fo7z+fFD7nfI/LAJJ5UvH/fVi/ZI iL6xX3bUNMS6oawrUCBdRx1U8cvZu0KG9ODahQYzSpOTr/DH9PUj+reGiJxtOpYoxM R0sRy0IwRw9DLFkr1g5XaAljYPeeYvnSashKYVt9bzGD8nEZ42ALNRHHM0/feaWxVH pISnPOMf75z0zbyPKzweKJFJ/u9L8DB7dOXVIW8UDvuEx2blanUFgLfIVqNOBg9Ksp kFWp6blUiH+6A== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 40xXxk70M4z9rxM for ; Thu, 31 May 2018 18:30:18 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 18:30:18 +0200 From: mlell@posteo.de To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Bug: Install from .tar.xz fails without write permission on /usr/local/share/man/man3 Message-ID: X-Sender: mlell@posteo.de User-Agent: Posteo Webmail Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi, I was trying to build git 2.9.5 as a normal user, as I have no root access on a cluster with outdated software. The build fails, unless I change the PREFIX=/usr/local line in per/perl.mak:80 to a folder where I have write permission. Apparently, perl.mak does not honour the --prefix= setting of ./configure. Is it possible to change perl.mak to honor the PREFIX? Best, Mo Steps to reproduce: wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.9.5.tar.xz tar xf git-2.9.5.tar.xz cd git-2.9.5 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.usr make make install # fails Output (last lines): install -d -m 755 '/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/share/locale' (cd po/build/locale && gtar cf - .) | \ (cd '/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/share/locale' && umask 022 && gtar xof -) make -C perl prefix='/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr' DESTDIR='' install make[1]: Entering directory `/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/git-2.9.5/perl' make[2]: Entering directory `/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/git-2.9.5/perl' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ERROR: Can't create '/usr/local/share/man/man3' Do not have write permissions on '/usr/local/share/man/man3' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at -e line 1. make[2]: *** [pure_site_install] Error 13 make[2]: Leaving directory `/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/git-2.9.5/perl' make[1]: *** [install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/qg-10/data/AGR-QG/lell/.usr/git-2.9.5/perl' make: *** [install] Error 2