--- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > Over the last 2 months each time I pull, check out next and compile,
> > I'm seeing _some_ kind of problem with compiling the perl section
> > of git.  Sometimes git-reset --hard, or a fresh checkout, or git-clean
> > resolve the situation.  But not this time.
> > ...
> > So, where is "perl.mak"?
> 
> This particular breakage cannot be "last two months", but there
> was a recent breakage by commit f848718a last week on the 'master'
> branch.

Not this particular one, but others in that area (perl make).

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> 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
>  );

Yes, this helps.  Please commit.

Thanks,
    Luben

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