Hi Russ, > there were around 2,000 scripts in Debian that were using the /usr/bin/env > perl form.
That was a number I somehow expected. It is decades old practice to use this shebang. > Any feelings about where we should go from here? Yes. > I do feel like allowing either based on the whim of the packager is just > kind of bad. It produces inconsistent behavior to no real benefit for I do feel that is is the correct way. > anyone. If you install a Perl earlier in your PATH, you get totally > unpredictable behavior, and everyone will be unhappy half the time. Well, but this is what you have asked for when you installed a Perl earlier in your PATH. It is up to you. I strongly support that the env perl form is acceptable. Best Norbert -- PREINING Norbert http://www.preining.info Accelia Inc. + JAIST + TeX Live + Debian Developer GPG: 0x860CDC13 fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13
