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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-07-30 13:24:29 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-07-30 13:24:29 -0700
commit2dcb927f37976ef5185cef5452516b170b14cd6c (patch)
tree7cf8212645ab4bde2fccbdb0830c0dc51ed6005b /INSTALL
parentDisplay an error from update-ref if target ref name is invalid. (diff)
parentSet datarootdir in config.mak.in (diff)
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Merge branch 'jn/make'
* jn/make: Set datarootdir in config.mak.in Quote all calls to GIT_CONF_APPEND_LINE Typofix in configure.ac comment. configure.ac vertical whitespace usage cleanup autoconf: Checks for some programs autoconf: Checks for libraries autoconf: Checks for some library functions. autoconf: Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics. autoconf: Preparing the way for autodetection Copy description of build configuration variables to configure.ac Teach make clean about configure and autoconf autoconf: Use autoconf to write installation directories to config.mak.autogen
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded,
which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr
install" would not work.
+Alternatively you can use autoconf generated ./configure script to
+set up install paths (via config.mak.autogen), so you can write instead
+
+ $ autoconf ;# as yourself if ./configure doesn't exist yet
+ $ ./configure --prefix=/usr ;# as yourself
+ $ make all doc ;# as yourself
+ # make install install-doc ;# as root
+
+
Issues of note:
- git normally installs a helper script wrapper called "git", which