Re: Builds undistributalbe debs without perl in the standard path.
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, YAEGASHI Takeshi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When perl executable is not in the standard path (/usr/local/bin/perl,
> for instance), it generates perl scripts with the corresponding header
> and results in undistributable debs.
Of course, this is as designed. This is not a bug.
> I understand that is because dpkg is no longer for GNU/Linux system
> only. I think it's good idea to restrict PATH for configure in
> debian/rules.
No, this is wrong. If the user building the deb has modified their path to
fit their local system, we should honor that setting.
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