On 11/28/13, Moritz Lenz <mor...@faui2k3.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/28/2013 10:32 PM, Parrot Raiser wrote:
>> Is there some reason that 2013.11 changed the name of perl6 to
>> perl6-p? It broke my download-compile-and-set-links script.
>
> Yes, the possibility to run Rakudo on multiple backends.
>
> If my memory doesn't deceive me, you were even one of those who asked
> for a rename to avoid naming collisions, no?
>
Not I, AFAIR. (Of course, it could be the onset of dementia. :-)* )

> That said, the install process should still create a 'perl6' (or
> perl6.bat/perl6.exe on windows) binary/script for you.
>
Actually, a plethora of perl6/perl6-p.  (All different, according to
the inodes.)

20624470 -rwxr-xr-x 1 u u 51414 2013-11-25 18:15 rakudo-star-2013.11/perl6-p
20624426 -rwxr-xr-x 1 u u 51414 2013-11-25 17:54
rakudo-star-2013.11/rakudo/perl6-p
20624464 -rwxr-xr-x 1 u u 51414 2013-11-25 18:15
rakudo-star-2013.11/rakudo/perl6
10264609 -rwxr-xr-x 1 u u 51414 2013-11-25 18:15
rakudo-star-2013.11/install/bin/perl6

Plus some directories that appear relevant to Parrot and the JVM.

If I want the script to link reliably to the right executable for
Parrot, which should I select?

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