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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:22:37 -0500 Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o> |
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wrote: |
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| On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:14:30AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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| > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:00:12 -0500 Brian Harring |
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| > <ferringb@g.o> |
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| > wrote: |
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| > | Beyond that, there is the shebang issue which can be addresses |
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| > | via a combination of automated scans/fixes, and fixing bugs as |
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| > | it's hit. Hardcoded vars in scripts for the path to a binary are |
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| > | an issue also, although again, scans can be done to at least |
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| > | check for it. |
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| > This one's a far bigger issue than might be initially obvious. It |
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| > would involve rewriting a whole load of autotools innards... |
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| Clarify. My knowledge of autotool innards is that it relies on $PATH |
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| for lookup of the tools it uses. |
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It does in some places, it doesn't in others. It especially doesn't for |
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things that aren't normally found via PATH. It's a hell of a mess. |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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