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Re: [PATCH] config.mak.uname: set PERL_PATH for FreeBSD 5.0+

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 20, 2016, 18:10 UTC
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On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
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> Also, my use of a numeric comparison may be more future-proof
> in case FreeBSD decides to have /usr/bin/perl again.
>
> I also wonder why we don't use `which` to search for somewhat
> standard path components, instead.  Something like:

Because historically output from "which" was not meant to be machine parseable (some implementation said 'perl is /usr/bin/perl')

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  1. config.mak.uname: set PERL_PATH for FreeBSD 5.0+Eric Wong, Jul 20, 2016
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 20, 2016
  3. Eric WongJul 20, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2016
  5. brian m. carlsonJul 21, 2016
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 21, 2016

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