Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:44:28 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: root /etc/csh Message-ID: <20081116084428.GA78951@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20081114222026.16aa0add.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <200811102235.46971.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811102239200.846@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <4ad871310811101530p7b2baa0fk7f7b5118e314c11d@mail.gmail.com> <4918CE42.3050504@ccstores.com> <20081111151302.GA86528@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20081112080616.2e195af5.freebsd@edvax.de> <20081112141407.0be011ae@scorpio> <20081114192856.GD9882@kokopelli.hydra> <875511.50099.qm@web32106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20081114222026.16aa0add.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:20:26PM +0100, Polytropon typed: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:49:35 -0800 (PST), GESBBB <gesbbb@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > By the way, this also works with Perl as you no doubt know. I > > cannot count how many times I have installed a Perl script and > > then had to modify the 'shebang' in order to get it to work in > > FBSD. I know that I could probably make some symbolic links or > > whatever; however, I feel that, that is the wrong way to get > > things to work properly. > > That's correct. Adding symlinks to structures controlled by the > package management system or the OS itself can lead into problems. Well, the link is created automatically by the port, so you should never have had to modify any 'shebang' # ls -l `which perl` lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 24 Nov 27 2007 /usr/bin/perl -> /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8
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