other/1528: perl path in contrib/texi2pod.pl

[Phil Edwards]

The following reply was made to PR other/1528; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com>
To: igor@txc.com
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: other/1528: perl path in contrib/texi2pod.pl
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:37:13 -0500

 On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 06:12:04AM -0000, igor@txc.com wrote:
 > >Description:
 > contrib/texi2pod.pl assumes that the default location in perl is /usr/bin/perl, which is not the case on Solaris.
 
 It is now:
 
     9% type perl
     perl is /usr/bin/perl
     10% ./config.guess
     sparc-sun-solaris2.8
     11%     
 
 Still, it wasn't always, and the assumption that perl is /usr/bin/perl is
 not a good one.
 
 
 > >Fix:
 > abandon #! construction altogether for this file, assuming perl is always in user's path.
 
 Or replace it with
 
     #!/usr/bin/env perl
 
 which will also Do The Right Thing when perl is in the the path.
 
 
 Phil
 
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