Re: Explicit interpreter paths considered harmful

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:

>> --- a/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog
>> +++ b/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog
>> @@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
>> -#!/usr/bin/perl
>> +#!/bin/sh
>> +# Accommodate systems where /usr/bin/perl is not the right path.
>> +exec perl -x "$0" "$@"
>> +#!perl
>>
>> The only assumption it makes is about /bin/sh, but that one seems to be
>> hard (impossible?) to avoid anyway.
>
> Yeah.  But why not the standard
>
> #! /bin/sh
> eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
>     if 0;
>
> suggested in perlrun(1)?

You mean without ‘/usr/bin/’, right?  If so, then yes.

Thanks,
Ludo’.