I realise a solution is reached, but an alternative in common use is mentioned here for completeness; #! /usr/bin/env nft -f it is commonly used to invoke interpreters whose path is unknown but which can be expected to be on the PATH Sam On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo.borrero.glez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Many systems (for example Debian) don't recognice `#!nft -f' as a > valid interpreter. > > A short way to handle this is to provide the full path to the interpreter > in the shebang. > That is what this patch does: update the shebang's path during installation. > > For example, if you are installing under /usr/local, the shebang becomes: > #!/usr/local/sbin/nft -f > > If using --prefix=/, then: > #!/sbin/nft -f > > NOTE: If the shebang in source files are changed in a future, this sed script > should be updated as well. > > Signed-off-by: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo.borrero.glez@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Makefile.defs.in | 1 + > configure.ac | 1 + > files/Makefile.in | 1 + > 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Makefile.defs.in b/Makefile.defs.in > index 502f374..3fee9c2 100644 > --- a/Makefile.defs.in > +++ b/Makefile.defs.in > @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ LEX = @LEX@ > YACC = @YACC@ > MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@ > INSTALL = @INSTALL@ > +SED = @SED@ > > PACKAGE_TARNAME = @PACKAGE_TARNAME@ > > diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac > index 811d7e2..ca14d83 100644 > --- a/configure.ac > +++ b/configure.ac > @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ AC_SUBST([CONFIG_DEBUG]) > AC_PROG_CC > AC_PROG_MKDIR_P > AC_PROG_INSTALL > +AC_PROG_SED > > AC_CHECK_PROG(CONFIG_MAN, docbook2x-man, y, n) > if test "$CONFIG_MAN" != "y" > diff --git a/files/Makefile.in b/files/Makefile.in > index c3643df..dc237e2 100644 > --- a/files/Makefile.in > +++ b/files/Makefile.in > @@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ install: > @echo -e " INSTALL\tfiles" > $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)/$(confdir) > $(INSTALL) -m 755 -p $(SUBDIR)nftables/* $(DESTDIR)/$(confdir)/ > + $(SED) -i "s~#\! nft~#\!@sbindir@/nft~" $(DESTDIR)/$(confdir)/* > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
