@sgbeal I think this might also solve the problem described in #2727. Does it?

@glebm if i knew how to use git/github properly, and could figure out how to pull this for a local test, i could probably tell you that :/. (i'm a Fossil SCM guy, not a git guy :/) i have no personal experience with order-only prerequisites, so i can't say with certainty whether it resolves the problem.

@sgbeal Like this:

git clone https://github.com/glebm/libsass.git && cd libsass && git checkout patch-2

@glebm

 [stephan@host:~/cvs/libsass]$ git checkout patch-2
 error: pathspec 'patch-2' did not match any file(s) known to git.

That's after doing a fresh clone.

OK, try git checkout origin/patch-2 or git checkout origin patch-2

P.s. git clone https://github.com/glebm/libsass.git --branch patch-2

@glebm Unfortunately:

$ git checkout origin/patch-2
error: pathspec 'origin/patch-2' did not match any file(s) known to git.
$ git checkout origin patch-2
error: pathspec 'patch-2' did not match any file(s) known to git.

@mgreter that does the trick.

This is exactly why i'm not a git guy - even the most banal operations are cryptic :/.

So, after building...

[stephan@host:~/cvs/libsass]$ m install PREFIX=$HOME
'lib/libsass.a' -> '/home/stephan/lib/libsass.a'

(noting that ~/lib existed beforehand)

Success!

Thank you all for seeing this through ❤️