[Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread Benjamin Reed
jfm wrote: ./admin/cvs.sh: /sw/bin/autoheader-2.59: /sw/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory *** AUTOHEADER NOT FOUND!. This type of thing is due to having at some time used a perl-xyz from fink, (in this case when last building autoconf2.5 _ but many other pkgs have the problem),

[Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread David R. Morrison
Jean-Francois, I'm not sure if it's the same error you are seeing, but one bug I am aware of is this: there is a place in the fink code where fink tests to see which is the current version of perl installed on the system... unfortnately, fink seems to cache this value in the database. So if you

[Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread David R. Morrison
you end up with a *real* perl581, but a *virtual* perl581-core, and get this error. Well, that can't be the right explanation, because there isn't a real perl581 package at all. -- Dave --- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat

[Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread jfm
On Jun 23, 2004, at 10:54 PM, David R. Morrison wrote: Jean-Francois, I'm not sure if it's the same error you are seeing, but one bug I am aware of is this: there is a place in the fink code where fink tests to see which is the current version of perl installed on the system... unfortnately,

[Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread David R. Morrison
Sorry, I meant add or remove a perl package not add or remove a fink package... --- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical

[Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread jfm
On Jun 23, 2004, at 10:51 PM, David R. Morrison wrote: you end up with a *real* perl581, but a *virtual* perl581-core, and get this error. Well, that can't be the right explanation, because there isn't a real perl581 package at all. Correct . It is due to the fact that a number of pkgs install

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread jfm
On Jun 23, 2004, at 10:57 PM, jfm wrote: It is due to the fact that a number of pkgs install scripts beginning with #!/currently/active/perl More accurately probably, #! `which perl` Cf all 'checking for perl... /sw/bin/perl' in log files JF

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread David Brown
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:18:51AM +0200, jfm wrote: More accurately probably, #! `which perl` #! /usr/bin/env perl which will actually work. There are a lot of strange restrictions on that line. Dave Brown --- This SF.Net email

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: /sw/bin/perl

2004-06-23 Thread Peter O'Gorman
David Brown wrote: On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:18:51AM +0200, jfm wrote: More accurately probably, #! `which perl` #! /usr/bin/env perl which will actually work. There are a lot of strange restrictions on that line. Most of these packages allow the user to override their tests for perl by