Re: Explicit interpreter paths considered harmful

[Paolo Bonzini]

--- a/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog
+++ b/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/bin/sh
+# Accommodate systems where /usr/bin/perl is not the right path.
+exec perl -x "$0" "$@"
+#!perl

The only assumption it makes is about /bin/sh, but that one seems to be
hard (impossible?) to avoid anyway.

Yeah.  But why not the standard

#! /bin/sh
eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
    if 0;

suggested in perlrun(1)?

Paolo