‘perl6’ binary in PATH should be set to the currently running rakudo
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- Dominant language
- Raku
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- 19
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Description
What the title says. So that you can bisect perl6 with flags, and maybe even in REPL mode, and stuff like that.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating how the perl6 binary is placed on PATH and how the currently running Rakudo is identified. Verify the behavior needed for bisecting with flags and for REPL mode; done means perl6 invokes that running Rakudo in both cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100