autoconf: broken shebang in tools
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Description
Maintainer: @xypron
Environment: x86_64 master
Description:
Some of the utilities installed by the autoconf package bear an invalid shebang. For example, /usr/bin/autom4ate and /usr/bin/autoheader both start with
#! /builder/shared-workdir/build/sdk/staging_dir/host/bin/perl
rather than
#! /usr/bin/perl
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Research direction
Start by locating the autoconf package recipe and inspect how the installed autom4ate and autoheader scripts receive their shebangs. Verify the generated files use /usr/bin/perl instead of the build-host staging path, then confirm both utilities have valid shebangs in the resulting package.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100