Harald Schueler writes ("Bug#1895: run-parts does not run scripts without
#!/..."):
> Package: miscutils
> Version: 1.3-5
>
> Run-parts does not run scripts not beginning with #!/... This may not be
> a bug, but it should be documented. run-parts --test, however, displays
> _all_ scripts, which is rather confusing, and not a test at all.
It does run them - or try to, anyway. It invokes `system' in Perl.
Unfortunately Perl does the wrong thing when you say
$foo='./t'; system($foo './u');
if ./t isn't a proper executable script. IMO it should produce a
message to stderr, but it doesn't. Instead $? is set to 62580 and no
message is produced.
Ian.
