Chow Loong Jin <hyper...@ubuntu.com> writes: > On 09/12/2011 02:10, Gergely Nagy wrote: >> Chow Loong Jin <hyper...@ubuntu.com> writes: >> >>>> See my workaround in the mail you quoted. "#! /bin/sh $PATH" should work >>>> for kFreeBSD and pretty much anything else out there too. An extra >>>> /bin/sh never hurt anybody! >>> >>> Except that it forces your interpreter to be written in sh, which Debian >>> doesn't >>> like[1][2]. >>> >>> [1] http://lintian.debian.org/tags/script-with-language-extension.html >> >> This is irrelevant, as it's only about the extension, and only about >> scripts on the path. My proposal has no extension, and isn't on the >> path, either. > > Sorry, I mixed it up with another post that mentioned > /usr/bin/dh_multiarchify. > I didn't realize you changed the path to /usr/lib/debhelper/dh_multiarchify.
It wouldn't apply in the /usr/bin case, either, since there is no extension. > I linked to the policy and lintian tag not because of an implied policy > violation, but the general reasoning behind not permitting extensions in > scripts > on $PATH, i.e. that it causes the implementation language of the binary/script > to be locked into the #!s of all its users. Yup, and my script didn't have an extension. > I'm guessing that dpatch-run had never needed its implementation language > changed, but that doesn't necessarily justify locking the implementation > language of your proposed dh_multiarchify into the #!s of all .install files > which use it. If the language ever needs to be changed, no problem: make the former shell script a wrapper, that calls the real deal. > Between "#!/usr/bin/env /usr/lib/debhelper/dh_multiarchify" and "#!/bin/sh > /usr/lib/debhelper/dh_multiarchify", I think the former is obviously the > superior choice, regardless of what dpatch used for the past 7 years. Perhaps. In the long run, it doesn't matter, both get the job done, and whether it's /bin/sh or /usr/bin/env is such a minor detail. And policy still doesn't say a word about this case. Not even remotely. But, I'm convinced: I'll use /usr/bin/env in the upcoming dh-subst thingy. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8762hqu9hp....@luthien.mhp
