On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:22:37 -0500 Brian Harring 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 | > | > 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. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm