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Re: Rationale behind script-not-executable lintian warning



On 22-Dec-2005, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 December 2005 18:41, Bas Wijnen wrote:
> > If it is meant to be executed, it should be executable.  
> > If it is not, it should not have the shebang line. 
> 
> I disagree, there's nothing wrong with clearly documenting what
> shell variant a script is written in, on the contrary IMHO

A shebang line is more than documentation: it is a strong indication
that the script will be executable from the command line. To have that
expectation not be matched by the file's permission mode is a recipe
for confusion.

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