Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.23.8
> Severity: normal
> Lintian warns about "executable-not-elf-or-script" on tetex-base's
> thumbpdf.pl and uniqleaf.pl. Both contain a "magic perl header"
> eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' && eval 'exec perl -S
> $0 $argv:q'
> if 0;
> use strict;
> It should either accept that header, or tell me why it is wrong. I know
> that many trying-to-be-portable perl scripts use such a header.
Is that the first line of the file? Generally one still starts such a
script with #!/bin/sh. Otherwise, you're relying on the assumption that
any unrecognized file is started under /bin/sh.
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Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
