>>>>> On Wed, 07 Mar 2012, Michael Orlitzky wrote:

> Someone suggested using a standard shebang the last time this came
> up, and if I remember correctly it was one of the least-disagreeable
> solutions proposed. We could of course define our own custom format,
> but I think something like,

>    #!/usr/bin/eapi5

> would be perfect if we could hand off the interpretation of the
> ebuild to that program. That solves the problem with new bash
> features, too, since you could point that command at a specific
> version.

Please note that I've formulated the specification in a way that
accounts for this:

>> - The first line of the ebuild must contain the word "ebuild",
>>   followed by whitespace, followed by the EAPI, followed by
>>   end-of-line or whitespace.

This would also match the line "#!/usr/bin/ebuild 5" (if the magic
word should be "ebuild" or "eapi" can be discussed of course).
So even if we would introduce the shebang only in a later EAPI,
previous portage versions would still recognise the new header.

Ulrich

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