Debian Bug report logs - #987021
mosh: should use /usr/bin/perl #! line

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Package: mosh; Maintainer for mosh is Keith Winstein <[email protected]>; Source for mosh is src:mosh (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Benjamin Barenblat <[email protected]>

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:54:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version mosh/1.3.2-2.1

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Report forwarded to [email protected], Keith Winstein <[email protected]>:
Bug#987021; Package mosh. (Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:54:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Benjamin Barenblat <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Keith Winstein <[email protected]>. (Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:54:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Benjamin Barenblat <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: mosh: should use /usr/bin/perl #! line
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:52:15 -0400
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Package: mosh
Version: 1.3.2-2.1+b1
Severity: minor

/usr/bin/mosh starts with

    #!/usr/bin/env perl

for portability. On Debian, however, Perl is always installed at
/usr/bin/perl; mosh should be patched to use the correct #! line.
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