[Users] [PATCH] configure.ac: really use the specified GIT variable

Ricardo Mones ricardo at mones.org
Wed Nov 22 12:45:07 CET 2017


On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 09:10:12AM +0100, Colin Leroy wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:08:21 +0100, Ricardo Mones <ricardo at mones.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > > With 'env GIT=/what/ever ./configure [options]' AC_CHECK_PROG
> > > receives a custom binary. Use this custom binary to set
> > > GIT_VERSION.  
> > 
> > I don't know of much binaries which support git arguments, except
> > commands which ignore them, so I wonder... what's this useful for?
> > funny version numbers?
> 
> It could be useful for people who want to use /opt/bin/git instead of
> the system-provided /usr/bin/git, for example :)

Already can prepend /opt/bin to PATH for that, so still wondering… ;-)
-- 
  Ricardo Mones 
  ~
  The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, 
  Impatience, and Hubris.                                    man perl
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