From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2002-11-19T11:22:16+09:00
Subject: Re: install.rb/setup.rb question

On Tuesday, 19 November 2002 at  7:18:21 +0900, nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:01:29 +0900,
> Jim Freeze wrote:
> > Overall, it depends on /usr/bin/env existing. From what I can tell, it seems
> > ubiquitous(sp?).  If your environment is somewhat controlled, it
> > is a great solution. If your environment is not controlled, it is a good
> > solution. One plus is, that you can change your path to point
> > to a different install of Ruby and it will automatically use
> > the right version. However, if the path in hardcoded in the shebang
> > operator, then you are stuck with using the ruby that it points
> > to.
> > (Using env also lets you control environment variables.)
> 
> OTOH, it may cause a security issue.
 
Yes. In that case you can use all the options to env and 
specify both the path and all the env vars.

-- 
Jim Freeze
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