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Bug#762273: marked as done (wrong-path-for-interpreter should not trigger on non-executables)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #762273,
regarding wrong-path-for-interpreter should not trigger on non-executables
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Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.27
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-CC: perl@packages.debian.org

perl currently suffers from this:

E: perl-modules: wrong-path-for-interpreter usr/share/perl/5.20.1/Config/Perl/V.pm (#!/pro/bin/perl != /usr/bin/perl)

Now, whilst it is certainly 'wrong', it's also harmless; a perl module
(ending .pm) should never be executed (and indeed it's not installed
with the executable bit). I imagine that someone put the shebang there
as a hint to a syntax highlighter, or similar.

Carrying around a patch to strip the shebang line seems like the wrong
solution, and there's no generally correct fix to send upstream. Instead,
can this check be updated to only look at files with the executable bit
set?

Thanks,
Dominic.

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retitle 762273 wrong-path-for-interpreter should not trigger on non-executables
tags 762273 + wontfix
thanks

> > lintian: wrong-path-for-interpreter should not trigger on non-executables
> 
> I don't this is the right approach, otherwise we may not find files
> installed outside of ${prefix}/bin etc.
> 
> Thus renaming this to exclude .pm files.

On second thoughts... I remembered that the usual/canonical way of doing
this via using the "#!perl" quasi-shebang.

This should — and can — be sent upstream. Thus closing this report. :)
Apologies for the unnecessary noise getting here.


Best wishes,

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