Re: Compile Error on Git 2.0.1 on Redhat 5.9 with Fix

2014-07-03 Thread Eldon Nelson
Thanks for the tip Jeff. "config.mak.autogen" is created in the git compile only when you do a "./configure". Mine had the bad reference to "gar" in it due to the following. It was caused because my path had a reference to a non-related "gar" executable (some internal command). I saw the compil

Re: Compile Error on Git 2.0.1 on Redhat 5.9 with Fix

2014-07-02 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 10:56:25AM -0500, Eldon Nelson wrote: > When compiling Git 2.0.1 on RedHat 5.9 as a non-root user I get the > following error: > > BUILD ERROR > > ``` > make prefix=/home/eldon/local all doc info > ... > CC zlib.o > CC unix-socket.o > CC thread-utils.o > C

Re: Compile Error on Git 2.0.1 on Redhat 5.9 with Fix

2014-07-02 Thread Matthieu Moy
Eldon Nelson writes: > make prefix=/home/eldon/local all doc info > ... > CC zlib.o > CC unix-socket.o > CC thread-utils.o > CC compat/strlcpy.o > AR libgit.a > /bin/sh: gar: command not found [...] > I think the fix is to allow the use of "ar" if "gar" does not exist. It is

Compile Error on Git 2.0.1 on Redhat 5.9 with Fix

2014-07-02 Thread Eldon Nelson
When compiling Git 2.0.1 on RedHat 5.9 as a non-root user I get the following error: BUILD ERROR ``` make prefix=/home/eldon/local all doc info ... CC zlib.o CC unix-socket.o CC thread-utils.o CC compat/strlcpy.o AR libgit.a /bin/sh: gar: command not found make: *** [libgit.a]