X-Debbugs-CC: j...@edlug.org.uk
I believe rewording the description (1) will make it better comprehensible.
Description: Perl module for searching paths for executable programs
File::Which searches directories of a user's PATH (as returned by File::Spec)
and looks for executable files having the name specified as a parameter to
which(), simulating the behaviour of the standard `which' program.
Do you mean you were having trouble with the syntax, and the ambiguity
about which of the previously mentioned goings-on was being referred
to as "simulating the behaviour of the standard `which' program"? Or
is it the content that's a problem?
My problem was "having the name specified as a parameter to
which()".
Obiously we find upstream's (2) wording:
... should be a hint to the maintainers that the upstream wording
is problematic.
File::Which simulates the behavior of the standard 'which' program: it
searches directories of a user's PATH (as returned by File::Spec)
and looks for executable files.
It doesn't just return success if it finds any executables in PATH
directories; it looks for particular command names. You might
abbreviate it to "looking for executable files matching a given name",
though.
If I understand right:
Description: Perl module for searching paths for executable programs
File::Which simulates the behavior of the standard 'which' program: it
searches directories of a user's PATH (as returned by File::Spec)
looking for executable files matching a given name.
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