On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:19:56AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:15:07PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > As per policy, my unofficial package of IRAF now includes a perl script > > update-extern.pkg.pl which is installed in /usr/bin/. It will be used > > by external IRAF packages, each of which need to update extern.pkg. Of > > course, each also depends on IRAF. If memory serves, the script > > shouldn't have the .pl extension; can someone remind me why? (I like it > > because then vim color-highlights it). > > The implementation of a program has nothing to do with the functionality > it provides. If you re-implment the script in another language (e.g. I agree; its an isomorphism. :-P But I thought I remembered something like this in policy. Couldn't find it though. > python) are you ready to file RC bugs on all packages that use the > program because they have to change the name of the executable? They'll all be my packages, so it won't be a problem. > (Plus vim also enables syntax highlighting on #!/usr/bin/perl IIRC) It doesn't work for me out of the box .. but I don't know much. Let me know if there's a setting I've missed. Cheers, -- Justin aptitude install iraf saods9 eclipse xpa sextractor x11iraf wcstools pyraf http://www.justinpryzby.com/debian/
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