Should /usr/bin/perl be a link to /usr/local/bin/perl ?
Yuri
yuri at rawbw.com
Mon Oct 21 16:47:32 UTC 2013
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?
Yuri
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