A few remarks.

1: Yes . is in my search path; been that way for 30 years

2: I have a file ~/csound6/git which has been present since 2015

3: The file is not executable and is actually empty

4: On the desk machine it was the same, but deleting this file made it
work

5: So I ask why it detected this file as a program, given it is not
executable and . is at the end of the search path

Is it working now?

Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
Maynooth University
Ireland

> On 22 Oct 2016, at 15:03, jpff  wrote:
> 
> A few remarks.
> 
> 1: Yes . is in my search path; been that way for 30 years
> 
> 2: I have a file ~/csound6/git which has been present since 2015
> 
> 3: The file is not executable and is actually empty
> 
> 4: On the desk machine it was the same, but deleting this file made it
> work
> 
> 5: So I ask why it detected this file as a program, given it is not
> executable and . is at the end of the search path
> 

Works if I delete/rename that text file so I can live wit it, but it is 
wrong

On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

> Is it working now?
>
> Victor Lazzarini
> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
> Maynooth University
> Ireland
>
>> On 22 Oct 2016, at 15:03, jpff  wrote:
>>
>> A few remarks.
>>
>> 1: Yes . is in my search path; been that way for 30 years
>>
>> 2: I have a file ~/csound6/git which has been present since 2015
>>
>> 3: The file is not executable and is actually empty
>>
>> 4: On the desk machine it was the same, but deleting this file made it
>> work
>>
>> 5: So I ask why it detected this file as a program, given it is not
>> executable and . is at the end of the search path
>>
>> ==John ffitch

What is wrong, the script or cmake? The first one we can change.

Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
Maynooth University
Ireland

> On 22 Oct 2016, at 16:55, jpff  wrote:
> 
> Works if I delete/rename that text file so I can live wit it, but it is wrong
> 
>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>> 
>> Is it working now?
>> 
>> Victor Lazzarini
>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>> Maynooth University
>> Ireland
>> 
>>> On 22 Oct 2016, at 15:03, jpff  wrote:
>>> 
>>> A few remarks.
>>> 
>>> 1: Yes . is in my search path; been that way for 30 years
>>> 
>>> 2: I have a file ~/csound6/git which has been present since 2015
>>> 
>>> 3: The file is not executable and is actually empty
>>> 
>>> 4: On the desk machine it was the same, but deleting this file made it
>>> work
>>> 
>>> 5: So I ask why it detected this file as a program, given it is not
>>> executable and . is at the end of the search path
>>> 
>>> ==John ffitch

I tink it is cmake as the ie now reads

# get the git hash and pass it to csound
find_program(GIT_EXE git PATHS /usr/bin /usr/local/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
find_program(GIT_EXE git /usr/bin)

but it finds what is not a progam; so eiter the function is badly named or 
it is wrong.  /in the first case tee ougt to be a finf_progra/-executable


On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

> What is wrong, the script or cmake? The first one we can change.
>
> Victor Lazzarini
> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
> Maynooth University
> Ireland
>
>> On 22 Oct 2016, at 16:55, jpff  wrote:
>>
>> Works if I delete/rename that text file so I can live wit it, but it is wrong
>>
>>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>
>>> Is it working now?
>>>
>>> Victor Lazzarini
>>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>>> Maynooth University
>>> Ireland
>>>
>>>> On 22 Oct 2016, at 15:03, jpff  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A few remarks.
>>>>
>>>> 1: Yes . is in my search path; been that way for 30 years
>>>>
>>>> 2: I have a file ~/csound6/git which has been present since 2015
>>>>
>>>> 3: The file is not executable and is actually empty
>>>>
>>>> 4: On the desk machine it was the same, but deleting this file made it
>>>> work
>>>>
>>>> 5: So I ask why it detected this file as a program, given it is not
>>>> executable and . is at the end of the search path
>>>>
>>>> ==John ffitch
>>>

I made one more modification to drop the use of find_program and
instead use the FindGit.cmake module that comes with CMake.  It should
hopefully be more robust. No idea why Cmake thought that empty git
file satisfied as a program.

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:43 PM, jpff  wrote:
> I tink it is cmake as the ie now reads
>
> # get the git hash and pass it to csound
> find_program(GIT_EXE git PATHS /usr/bin /usr/local/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
> find_program(GIT_EXE git /usr/bin)
>
> but it finds what is not a progam; so eiter the function is badly named or
> it is wrong.  /in the first case tee ougt to be a finf_progra/-executable
>
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>
>> What is wrong, the script or cmake? The first one we can change.
>>
>> Victor Lazzarini
>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>> Maynooth University
>> Ireland
>>
>>> On 22 Oct 2016, at 16:55, jpff  wrote:
>>>
>>> Works if I delete/rename that text file so I can live wit it, but it is
>>> wrong
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is it working now?
>>>>
>>>> Victor Lazzarini
>>>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>>>> Maynooth University
>>>> Ireland
>>>>
>>>>> On 22 Oct 2016, at 15:03, jpff  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> A few remarks.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1: Yes . is in my search path; been that way for 30 years
>>>>>
>>>>> 2: I have a file ~/csound6/git which has been present since 2015
>>>>>
>>>>> 3: The file is not executable and is actually empty
>>>>>
>>>>> 4: On the desk machine it was the same, but deleting this file made it
>>>>> work
>>>>>
>>>>> 5: So I ask why it detected this file as a program, given it is not
>>>>> executable and . is at the end of the search path
>>>>>
>>>>> ==John ffitch
>>>>
>>>>
>>