Bug#459407: lintian: unusual-interpreter /usr/bin/env

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> writes:

> 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.

#!/usr/bin/env python is one of the test cases in lintian's test suite, so
I'm pretty sure it works in general.  lintian's script checking logic
already does implement pretty much exactly what you describe.  As Chris
says, we'll need to see the specific problem that triggered this.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>