apache2.tcz has no perl interpreter in apxs file

[gutmensch]

the included perl script file /usr/local/bin/apxs shows:

#!/replace/with/path/to/perl/interpreter -w

instead of

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

This causes the php5 with apxs build to fail. maybe apache2 was built without being aware of perl?
Best regards,
Robert

[robc]

the included perl script file /usr/local/bin/apxs shows:

#!/replace/with/path/to/perl/interpreter -w

instead of

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

Thank you for pointing this out, I forgot about needing to change the shebang in this script. Will make change and resubmit.

[maro]

On the question of shebang lines I'd like to suggest to use: #!/usr/bin/env perl -w

This is IIRC the accepted way for a more generic way to specify the script interpreter. That would for example allow multiple versions of 'perl' to exist on a system and the choice of which one is "active" is controlled by $PATH instead of having to hard-code it into the shebang line.

It might be worth to include this suggestion in the extension creation guidelines.

[gutmensch]

@maro: nice, didn't know about that possibility... and it's definitely the better way

[mamasboy]

Hi,

I'm trying to compile php5 and found there's an apxs problem...

the file starts with

#!/usr/bin/env perl -w -w

there's a double '-w' and I'm wondering if that's causing the problem

[robc]

Hi,

I'm trying to compile php5 and found there's an apxs problem...

the file starts with

#!/usr/bin/env perl -w -w

there's a double '-w' and I'm wondering if that's causing the problem

That shouldn't matter, apache2 does not automatically install perl, you will need the perl5 extension to use apxs.