On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 11:50:07AM -0500, Sherm Pendley wrote: > On Nov 3, 2004, at 6:42 AM, David Cantrell wrote: > >I do *not* advise removing the perl that comes with OS X. > Neither did I. There's a big difference between "removing perl" and > "changing which perl is the default". > I suggested removing /usr/bin/perl, which by default is just a link to > /usr/bin/perl5.6.1.
Ah, OK. I didn't know that was just a link. > >Instead, install perl in /usr/local/, and make sure that that comes > >first in your path. > That's fine for scripts that you run from a shell, with "perl > scriptname.pl". Do you run many of your scripts that way? I certainly > don't. Most of my scripts depend on the first #! line to choose a Perl. And for me, that first line is always #!/usr/local/bin/perl. I'm trying to train myself to use #!/usr/bin/env perl instead. -- David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -- H. L. Mencken
