Re: executable scripts in debian/

[Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>]

On Saturday 25 October 2008 01:01:19 Eric Cooper wrote:
> I need to run a script as part of debian/rules.  I can't rely on it
> being executable when unpacked, since dpkg-source doesn't preserve the
> mode.
> 
> I can explicitly call its interpreter (Perl in this case):
>     /usr/bin/perl debian/my-script ....
> or I can set it executable each time:
>     chmod +x debian/my-script
>     debian/my-script ...
> 
> Is there a preferred approach?  Thanks.

I'd choose the latter approach, so that any options given to the interpreter
in the shebang line are honoured.

Thanks, Kel.