On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:38:35AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:22:37 -0500 Brian Harring <ferringb@gentoo.org>
> wrote:
> | On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:14:30AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> | > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:00:12 -0500 Brian Harring
> | > <ferringb@gentoo.org>
> | > wrote:
> | > | Beyond that, there is the shebang issue which can be addresses
> | > | via a combination of automated scans/fixes, and fixing bugs as
> | > | it's hit. Hardcoded vars in scripts for the path to a binary are
> | > | an issue also, although again, scans can be done to at least
> | > | check for it.
> | > 
> | > This one's a far bigger issue than might be initially obvious. It
> | > would involve rewriting a whole load of autotools innards...
> |
> | Clarify.  My knowledge of autotool innards is that it relies on $PATH 
> | for lookup of the tools it uses.
> 
> It does in some places, it doesn't in others. It especially doesn't for
> things that aren't normally found via PATH. It's a hell of a mess.
Examples?
~harring