Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH] Fixes shebang line in devtools/striplog.

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Fred!

On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:27:08 -0700 (PDT)
Fred Wright <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Apr 2016, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:13:42 -0700
> > Fred Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
> >  
> > > This was using the less reliable non-env version of the Python
> > > shebang line.  The fix was neglected in the previous commit.  
> >  
> > > -#!/usr/bin/python
> > > +#!/usr/bin/env python  
> >
> > I do not understand this.  Looking at the man page, all env seems to
> > do is run the command with a changed environment,  
> 
> It runs 'python' as found in your PATH, rather than using the specific
> path in the former version, which might not even exist if that's not
> where your default Python is installed.  See, e.g.:

Ah, the #! needs a full path, and we want to search the path.  That
makes sense.

> Also, all the other Python programs here use the preferred form.

Yes, consistency is good.

Thanks for the explanation.

RGDS
GARY
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