Hello all,
Building without localization support
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I tried to build git from source without localization support by adding
the following line to the Makefile,
NO_GETTEXT=1
It doesn't seem to be working for reasons I'm unable to find. I used
the following commands to build git.
make prefix=$CUSTOM_BUILD_LOCATION
make install prefix=$CUSTOM_BUILD_LOCATION
While trying to build (without the 'gettext' library that's required
for localization) I get the following error,
Manifying 8 pod documents
SUBDIR templates
MSGFMT po/build/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/git.mo
/bin/sh: 1: msgfmt: not found
Makefile:2179: recipe for target
'po/build/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/git.mo' failed
make: *** [po/build/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/git.mo] Error 127
What could I be missing?
Adding HTTPS support
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I tried to add HTTP/HTTPS support to the custom built version for which
AFAIK 'git' depends on 'curl'. I tried providing the location of the
curl source in the Makefile using the following line after reading the
instructions in the Makefile.
CURLDIR=/path/to/curl/source
Even after doing this the custom built git errors with the following
message when I try to use the 'git fetch' command,
fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'
Any thing I'm missing?
Note: In case you were wondering, I was able to build 'git' after
installing the dependant package which I find useless as I don't
require any localization messages.
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Kaartic
