Re: compile/install of git

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/18/2010 10:22 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Dave Page wrote:
> >> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Bruce Momjian<bruce@momjian.us>  wrote:
> >>> FYI, I have compiled/installed git 1.7.3.rc2 on my BSD/OS 4.3.1 machine
> >>> with the attached minor changes.
> >> I thought you were replacing that old thing with pile of hardware that
> >> Matthew was putting together?
> > Matthew was busy this summer so I am going to try to get some of his
> > time by January to switch to Ubuntu.  And some people are complaining we
> > will lose a BSD test machine once I switch.
> >
> 
> Test machines belong in the buildfarm. And why would they complain about 
> losing a machine running a totally out of date and unsupported OS? Maybe 
> you should run BeOS instead.

Well, I can run tests for folks before they apply a patch and "red" the
build farm.  I can also research fixes easier because I am using the OS,
rather than running blind tests.  I am just telling you what people told
me.

My big point in posting was to say that compiling git was not the
nightmare I expected it to be.  I figured it would want tons of newer or
odd libraries I didn't have, but that was not the case at all.  I am
sure others will need to compile git themselves for odd operating
systems, and I wanted to encourage them to try.

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