Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

quoted text
> merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
>
>>>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> Alex> Strange. You seem to have the old, generated Makefile you perl/
>> Alex> directory. Haven't your pull failed? If so, I suspect that
>>
>> Alex>  rm perl/Makefile
>> Alex>  git reset --hard
>> Alex>  git pull git...
>>
>> I ended up having to do another reset afterward.
>>
>> Definitely something went weird when Makefile was removed
>> from .gitignore.
>
> Yes, perl/Makefile is getting overwritten by what Makefile.PL
> generates.  I thought the point of Alex's patch was to have it
> muck with perl.mak and leave the tracked Makefile alone?

Now, I am CLUELESS about what MakeMaker does, but would this
help?

--- 
diff --git a/perl/Makefile b/perl/Makefile
index bd483b0..099beda 100644
--- a/perl/Makefile
+++ b/perl/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $(makfile): ../GIT-CFLAGS Makefile
 	echo '	echo $(instdir_SQ)' >> $@
 else
 $(makfile): Makefile.PL ../GIT-CFLAGS
-	'$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' $< FIRST_MAKEFILE='$@' PREFIX='$(prefix_SQ)'
+	'$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' $< PREFIX='$(prefix_SQ)'
 endif
 
 # this is just added comfort for calling make directly in perl dir
diff --git a/perl/Makefile.PL b/perl/Makefile.PL
index de73235..4168775 100644
--- a/perl/Makefile.PL
+++ b/perl/Makefile.PL
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ WriteMakefile(
 	NAME            => 'Git',
 	VERSION_FROM    => 'Git.pm',
 	PM		=> \%pm,
+	MAKEFILE	=> 'perl.mak',
 	%extra
 );


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