From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 8 12:51:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from hand.dotat.at (host217-34-79-171.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.34.79.171]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8B1237B409; Wed, 8 May 2002 12:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fanf by hand.dotat.at with local (Exim 3.35 #1) id 175XRg-000JNZ-00; Wed, 08 May 2002 19:49:52 +0000 From: Tony Finch To: Peter Wemm Cc: Robert Watson , Mark Murray , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The future of perl on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <20020508075543.A5E5838CC@overcee.wemm.org> Message-Id: Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 19:49:52 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Peter Wemm wrote: > > We have several choices.. From installing a symlink pointing to wherever > the default perl package is, through to a simple redirector that searches > $PATH and/or looks in a few well-known locations. Heck, python often uses > "#! /usr/bin/env python". This works for perl scripts too. Perl is much more frequently run with arguments on the shebang line, typically "#!/usr/bin/perl -w", and "#!/usr/bin/env perl -w" isn't portable to systems other than FreeBSD (which has an extension of traditional shebang handling) so is unlikely to get wide acceptance. is recommended. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch http://dotat.at/ SOUTHEAST ICELAND: SOUTHEASTERLY 5 OR 6 VEERING SOUTHWESTERLY 3 OR 4. RAIN CLEARING. MODERATE BECOMING GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message