Re: compile/install of git

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: compile/install of git
Date: 2010-09-18 16:26:09
Message-ID: 4C94E821.8000008@dunslane.net
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On 09/18/2010 11:37 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> Test machines belong in the buildfarm.
> So? People are still going to want to git-ify their buildfarm critters.

Right. I was just reacting to Bruce's observation about what people said
about his moving off BSD/OS.

> Bruce Momjian<bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>> My big point in posting was to say that compiling git was not the
>> nightmare I expected it to be.
> FWIW, I've also successfully installed git on my old HPUX box.
> I avoided most of the library dependencies by giving up support for
> http: URLs for repositories. I figure git: and ssh: should cover
> what I need to do with it.

Yeah. Git over HTTP is horribly inefficient anyway - it's really a last
resort.

cheers

andrew

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