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Date:      09 May 2002 00:18:41 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The future of perl on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <xzpsn52nv0e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <20020508075543.A5E5838CC@overcee.wemm.org>
References:  <20020508075543.A5E5838CC@overcee.wemm.org>

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DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org


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/*-
 * Copyright (c) 2002 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
 *    in this position and unchanged.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 * 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
 *    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
 * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
 * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */

#include <sys/cdefs.h>
__FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <err.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

extern char **environ;

int
main(int argc __unused, char *argv[])
{
	char path[PATH_MAX];
	const char *p, *q, *self;
	size_t len;

	self = argv[0];
	argv[0] = path;
	for (p = q = getenv("PATH"); p && *p && *q; p = q + 1) {
		for (q = p; *q && *q != ':'; ++q)
			/* nothing */ ;
		len = snprintf(path, sizeof path, "%.*s/perl", (int)(q - p), p);
		if (len >= PATH_MAX || strcmp(path, self) == 0)
			continue;
		execve(path, argv, environ);
		if (errno != ENOENT)
			err(1, "%s", path);
	}
	errx(1, "Perl is not installed, try 'pkg_add -r perl'");
}

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