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@@ -84,9 +84,24 @@ Issues of note: GIT_EXEC_PATH=`pwd` PATH=`pwd`:$PATH - GITPERLLIB=`pwd`/perl/blib/lib + GITPERLLIB=`pwd`/perl/build/lib export GIT_EXEC_PATH PATH GITPERLLIB + - By default (unless NO_PERL is provided) Git will ship various perl + scripts & libraries it needs. However, for simplicity it doesn't + use the ExtUtils::MakeMaker toolchain to decide where to place the + perl libraries. Depending on the system this can result in the perl + libraries not being where you'd like them if they're expected to be + used by things other than Git itself. + + Manually supplying a perllibdir prefix should fix this, if this is + a problem you care about, e.g.: + + prefix=/usr perllibdir=/usr/$(/usr/bin/perl -MConfig -wle 'print substr $Config{installsitelib}, 1 + length $Config{siteprefixexp}') + + Will result in e.g. perllibdir=/usr/share/perl/5.26.1 on Debian, + perllibdir=/usr/share/perl5 (which we'd use by default) on CentOS. + - Git is reasonably self-sufficient, but does depend on a few external programs and libraries. Git can be used without most of them by adding the approriate "NO_<LIBRARY>=YesPlease" to the make command line or |