Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:29:25 +0200 From: Oliver Heesakkers <FreeBSD@heesakkers.info> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should /usr/bin/perl be a link to /usr/local/bin/perl ? Message-ID: <2009160.jDFQa85PyP@pcoliver.heesakkers.info> In-Reply-To: <52655AA1.6090304@rawbw.com> References: <52655AA1.6090304@rawbw.com>
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Op ma 21 okt 2013 09:47:29 schreef Yuri: > I found that many ports specify /usr/bin/perl as an interpreter. This > comes from Linux. Examples: valgrind-snapshot, windowmaker, enscript-a4, > a2ps, svgalib > /usr/bin/perl isn't installed by perl port. > > There are several solutions, in the order of increasing complexity of > solution: > 1. Install the link /usr/bin/perl (hackish, but it will fix many broken > ports in one shot) > 2. Make a package scripts check for interpreter and break the install of > offending packages > 3. Fix all offending packages > > Which solution should be preferred in your opinion? > 3b. Teach upstream to write: #!/usr/bin/env perl
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