[SOLVED] Why don't intltool perl scripts execute as perl scripts?

RandomTroll · 01-22-2014, 11:17 PM

I had already run 'file'; it returns 'Perl script, ASCII text executable'

/usr is a directory on / . All the other executables on it, including perl scripts from other packages and those I have written myself, work.

kbp · 01-23-2014, 02:52 AM

Could you try copying it to your home dir then executing the copy? .. that way we can see if the problem travels with the file. Also is the intltool package up to date?

RandomTroll · 01-23-2014, 05:16 PM

The intltool package is up-to-date. Copying it to my home dir and executing the copy made no difference.

RandomTroll · 01-23-2014, 07:47 PM

I found a solution, though I don't understand it. perl executables that have this at the beginning

Code:

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

work.

The build of systemd used another perl script, glib-mkenums, that lacked this preface; I had to 'fix' it too to make it work. Almost all perl scripts from other packages have it.

RandomTroll · 01-24-2014, 03:37 PM

I found an explanation in the section of 'man perlrun' that explains the -S switch.