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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/installperl b/installperl
index 8f8f7e79ef..a9082df737 100755
--- a/installperl
+++ b/installperl
@@ -167,27 +167,30 @@ foreach $file (@corefiles) {
$mainperl_is_instperl = 0;
if (-w $mainperldir && ! &samepath($mainperldir, $installbin) && !$nonono) {
- # First make sure $mainperldir/perl is not already the same as
- # the perl we just installed
- if (-x "$mainperldir/perl$exe_ext") {
+ local($usrbinperl) = "$mainperldir/perl$exe_ext";
+ local($instperl) = "$installbin/perl$exe_ext";
+ local($expinstperl) = "$binexp/perl$exe_ext";
+
+ # First make sure $usrbinperl is not already the same as the perl we
+ # just installed.
+ if (-x $usrbinperl) {
# Try to be clever about mainperl being a symbolic link
# to binexp/perl if binexp and installbin are different.
$mainperl_is_instperl =
- &samepath("$mainperldir/perl$exe_ext", "$installbin/perl$exe_ext") ||
+ &samepath($usrbinperl, $instperl) ||
(($binexp ne $installbin) &&
- (-l "$mainperldir/perl$exe_ext") &&
- ((readlink "$mainperldir/perl$exe_ext") eq "$binexp/perl$exe_ext"));
+ (-l $usrbinperl) &&
+ ((readlink $usrbinperl) eq $expinstperl));
}
if ((! $mainperl_is_instperl) &&
- (&yn("Many scripts expect perl to be installed as " .
- "$mainperldir/perl.\n" .
- "Do you wish to have $mainperldir/perl be the same as\n" .
- "$binexp/perl? [y] ")))
+ (&yn("Many scripts expect perl to be installed as $usrbinperl.\n" .
+ "Do you wish to have $usrbinperl be the same as\n" .
+ "$expinstperl? [y] ")))
{
- unlink("$mainperldir/perl$exe_ext");
- CORE::link("$installbin/perl$exe_ext", "$mainperldir/perl$exe_ext") ||
- symlink("$binexp/perl$exe_ext", "$mainperldir/perl$exe_ext") ||
- cmd("cp $installbin/perl$exe_ext $mainperldir$exe_ext");
+ unlink($usrbinperl);
+ eval { CORE::link $instperl, $usrbinperl } ||
+ eval { symlink $expinstperl, $usrbinperl } ||
+ cmd("cp $instperl $usrbinperl");
$mainperl_is_instperl = 1;
}
}