GNU bug report logs - #59406
[Update install instruction for macOS] Update install instruction for macOS

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Minsoo Choo <fel1x.mintchoco.development <at> gmail.com>
To: automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: Minsoo Choo <minsoochoo0122 <at> proton.me>
Subject: [Update install instruction for macOS] Update install instruction for
 macOS
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 16:08:24 -0500

---
 INSTALL | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a093a3644..b4da9524b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ you want to change it or regenerate 'configure' using a newer version of
      targets like 'make install' and 'make uninstall' work correctly.
      This target is generally not run by end users.
 
+On macOS, users should not use the default perl, but manually install
+it from https://www.perl.org/get.html.
+
 Compilers and Options
 =====================
 

base-commit: 63216e554ffcc7ae2fb451fcc89c582dca20088e
-- 
2.37.1 (Apple Git-137.1)

Message #10 received at 59406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: fel1x.mintchoco.development <at> gmail.com
Cc: minsoochoo0122 <at> proton.me, 59406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#59406] [Update install instruction for macOS] Update install
 instruction for macOS
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:00:54 -0700

    --- a/INSTALL
    +++ b/INSTALL
    +On macOS, users should not use the default perl, but manually install
    +it from https://www.perl.org/get.html.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have a couple comments:

1) INSTALL is maintained in Autoconf, not Automake. I'll try to redirect
the bug.

2) Why? I know plenty of people using the mac perl ok for various things.
It is a big barrier to install a new perl. Not something to recommend
lightly.

3) Even if needed, in general, I feel doubtful that such a blanket and
time-sensitive statement should be made in INSTALL. I see INSTALL still
contains a couple of notes on "Particular systems", though two are
hardly used any more as far as I know (HP-UX and OSF/1), and the other
tidbits feel pretty old also. As a matter of practical usefulness, I
feel like INSTALL is better off being about system-independent
configuration, leaving system information for web pages or other places
that aren't so static. But it's not up to me.

4) Notwithstanding all the above, at the very least, I think any such
statement should say something specific about how the default perl fails.

Anyway, passing over to autoconf ... --best, karl.

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