Re: [PATCH] perl/Makefile.PL: teach makefiles about possible old Error.pm files

[Chris Frey <cdfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:
> 	The drawback to this patch is that once git installs its own
> 	copy, it will always install its own copy, unless the user
> 	uninstalls the old git first.  Usually this is the desired
> 	behaviour, but my perl-fu isn't strong enough to make this
> 	check even smarter.  Ideally, if a newer version is on the
> 	system already, git shouldn't have to install its own.

The other way to deal with this is to put the check in ./configure,
and don't let the user build unless the dependencies are solved.

How important is that private-Error.pm?

- Chris

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