Re: Mercurial 0.4b vs git patchbomb benchmark

[Bill Davidsen]

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Mon, 02 May 2005 11:49:32 EDT, Bill Davidsen said:
>
> > Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 01:39:59PM -0700, Matt Mackall wrote:
>
>
> > > -#!/usr/bin/python
> > > +#!/usr/bin/env python
> > > #
> > > # mercurial - a minimal scalable distributed SCM
> > > # v0.4b "oedipa maas"
> >
> > Could you explain why this is necessary or desirable? I looked at what 
> > env does, and I am missing the point of duplicating bash normal 
> > behaviour regarding definition of per-process environment entries.
>
>
> Most likely, his python lives elsewhere than /usr/bin, and the 'env' call
> results in causing a walk across $PATH to find it....

Assuming that he has env in a standard place... I hope this isn't going 
to start some rash of efforts to make packages run on non-standard 
toolchains, which add requirements for one tool to get around 
misplacement of another.

--
   -bill davidsen (davidsen@xxxxxxx)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me

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