Russ Allbery wrote: > Eric Siegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>-1. I'd *much* rather that automake use the Perl it was configured with >>(and subsequently regression-tested with) than whatever random Perl some >>user happens to have stuck first in their path. > > > I agree. Users sometimes have some other version of Perl first in their > path for testing purposes, but already built software should continue to > use the version of Perl that the software was built with.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this all a bit moot? There is no reliable way to use the path to perl to select a version of perl. Let's say you build using /usr/bin/perl. The user might have a different version of Perl installed there. Best thing to do is use the standard path, /usr/bin/perl, and use a lowest-common-denomenator dialect of Perl, so it works with perl4 and up (or possibly perl5, but that might annoy some users).
