In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >"Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Hamish> Ooops. I just bounced this post, hoping elm would let me edit >Hamish> it. :-( I tried Linux 2.1.13, and found that >Hamish> start-stop-daemons, which Debian uses extensively during >Hamish> bootup, did not work, and possibly some other scripts. Hence >Hamish> 2.1.13 was useless and I am back to 2.1.10. Has anyone else >Hamish> experienced this? > >Yes, the exact same thing happened to me, apparently because 2.1.13 >does not understand the "#!/usr/sbin/perl --" line in the script. No >script which gives an argument to its processor works with that >kernel. > >Miraculously, almost everything will work normally if you change the >line to "#!/usr/bin/perl". Seems like start-stop-daemon is the only >key script that gives arguments to its processor. > >This is the first 2.1 kernel I've tried, so I don't know if its a bug >or a feature. (Its startup messages mentioned being POSIX-certified, >mabye things like "#!/usr/bin/perl -w" and "#!/usr/bin/make -f" are >unsupported now?) > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > mm mm Johnie Ingram, Network Technician > mm mm Research & Development, The Library Network > m m m 33030 Van Born Road, Wayne, MI 48141 +1 313 326 8910 x144 > mm mm > GO BLUE PGP E4 70 6E 59 80 6A F5 78 63 32 BC FB 7A 08 53 4C > > "Ibala lami elimnyama, ndiya zidla ngalo...." > -- One by One (Disney's Rhythm of the Pridelands) > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > My guess is that Perl has moved - the canonical location has possibly moved from /sbin (very restricted in terms of who can use it) to /bin (any user) to avoid all the suid problems ?? Just my thought.
Andy -- Andrew Martin Adrian Cater -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]