From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Jakub Zaverka <jakub.zaverka@deutsche-boerse.com>,
"git\@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: difftool uses hardcoded perl shebang
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:08:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh8smwspv.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171219164532.GA6745@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:45:32 -0500")
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> In the meantime, pointing to the actual build-time perl is a workaround
> (but obviously not if it's being done by a third-party packager who has
> no idea where your perl is).
Is such a binary packaging scheme actually in use that deliberately
leaves it up to the end user where/if a perl is installed and if it
is an appropriately recent version? It sounds rather irresponsible
to me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-19 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-19 13:28 difftool uses hardcoded perl shebang Jakub Zaverka
2017-12-19 16:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-19 16:16 ` Jakub Zaverka
2017-12-19 16:25 ` Jeff King
2017-12-19 16:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-19 16:45 ` Jeff King
2017-12-19 17:08 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2017-12-19 17:12 ` Jeff King
2017-12-19 17:47 ` Junio C Hamano
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