From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2002-11-19T11:24:05+09:00
Subject: Re: install.rb/setup.rb question

On Tuesday, 19 November 2002 at  9:07:55 +0900, Tim Hunter wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:01:29 +0900, Jim Freeze wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 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.)
> 
> Just as a data point, it does NOT work on my vanilla Mandrake 9.0
> system.

I'll refrain from any comments about Mandrake.
Maybe env is at /bin/env.


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Jim Freeze
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