linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] checkpatch: Do not hardcode perl path

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Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 2013 06:04:37 +0000
From:	Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki 
	<jagannadha.sutradharudu-teki@...inx.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] checkpatch: Do not hardcode perl path

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@...ches.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 1:22 AM
> To: Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Andy Whitcroft; Jagannadha Sutradharudu
> Teki
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Do not hardcode perl path
>
> On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 16:53 +0530, Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki wrote:
> > checkpatch.pl requires perl v5.10.0 to run but it doesn't require to
> > place in /usr/bin/perl Use env to ensure that the interpreter used is
> > the first one on environment's $PATH on system with several versions
> > of perl installed.
>
> I don't have an opinion on this patch.

fyi: I have some notes here - this change will took the perl bin(if user explicitly use perl instead of from /usr/bin/perl) from bashrc instead of taking /usr/bin/perl all the time.

Jagan.

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