Bug#459407: lintian: unusual-interpreter /usr/bin/env
Package: lintian
Version: 1.23.41
Severity: normal
Lintian reports /usr/bin/env as an unusual-interpreter. However, many
python scripts use "#!/usr/bin/env python" to find python on the path
rather than assuming a particular location. Lintian should allow
/usr/bin/env as an interpreter. Better yet, it should special-case
/usr/bin/env and look at the second argument to determine the
interpreter, with a whitelist of permissible env-indirect
interpreters; to start with, that list should include python.
- Josh Triplett
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii diffstat 1.45-2 produces graph of changes introduc
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.14 package building tools for Debian
ii file 4.21-4 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gettext 0.17-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii libparse-debianchan 1.1.1-1 parse Debian changelogs and output
ii liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin
ii man-db 2.5.0-4 on-line manual pager
ii perl [libdigest-md5 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
lintian recommends no packages.
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