Re: portable "#!" line?

Within the code itself, the usual recommendation is to use

#!/usr/bin/env perl
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This will cause it to run using the first perl found in the executing user's $PATH.

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Re^2: portable "#!" line? by llancet (Friar) on Jul 02, 2012 at 13:17 UTC
The "env perl" probably won't provide what I want, as it provides the first perl binary found in a series of dirs, but what I want is the location of installer's binary.	[reply]
Re^3: portable "#!" line? by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Jul 02, 2012 at 14:45 UTC
First off, which OS do you and your colleagues use? The majority of my perl XP comes from OS X and linux, so if you are using Windows, I don't know if the following will help at all. I use perlbrew and `#!/usr/bin/env perl` always works for me. If using perlbrew is impractical, why not add the desired perl install to the beginning of the $PATH. It seems like this should always be the case and if it isn't, the user will be overriding the #! anyway if they directly call the perl they want to use.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: portable "#!" line? by DrHyde (Prior) on Jul 03, 2012 at 11:07 UTC
`#!/usr/bin/env perl` is not portable. Some more exotic systems have /bin/env instead. The correct solution, as already stated by another monk, is `#!perl` and let ExtUtils::MakeMaker sort it out for you.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: portable "#!" line? by llancet (Friar) on Jul 04, 2012 at 05:36 UTC
What if I don't use Extutil::MakeMaker? I get used to Module::Build.	[reply]
Re^4: portable "#!" line? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 04, 2012 at 06:49 UTC
What if I don't use Extutil::MakeMaker? I get used to Module::Build. T.I.T.S - Try It To See Although I doubt Module::Build would mess this up	[reply]

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