Replying to add the package maintainer, as-per Cygwin's source distribution files. This would be something I'd consider installing directly from source, though it looks like the upstream may not make that *quite* as easily as one would like... but, I'll take a better look, after I've slept (HaHa). Cheers - RVT On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 3:32 AM Russell VT wrote: > Looking at the current Cygwin source, the she-bang is actually: > > #!/usr/bin/env perl > > > ...which means it's going to pick up the first perl interpreter in your > path. > > You can confirm this in the cloc code, itself, as well. > > > Please note that, because this is a Perl module, you can likely just > uninstall the Cygwin package, and then use something like "CPAN install > cloc" to get the latest version in your perl environment (HIGHLY recommend > to install this in your local perl modules, under your home directory). > > That said, it looks like someone screwed the pooch on the Cygwin > installer... I installed it via the Cygwin setup utility and have confirmed > your findings. It *SHOULD* be safe to just manually change the she-bang to > "env," if you want to use the Cygwin package, directly. > > [image: image.png] > > Cheers - > Russell VT > > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 12:36 AM Eyal Rozenberg via Cygwin < > cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > >> I'm not sure how bug reporting "etiquette" works here on the list, but - >> I was sort of expecting an acknowledgement. Or - was I wrong to post my >> bug report here in the first place? >> >> I have another bug (two actually) to report regarding meld, and I want >> to get that report right and not have it lost in the noise. >> >> Eyal >> >> On 22/09/2021 17:20, Eyal Rozenberg via Cygwin wrote: >> > I'm using: >> > >> > Package Version Status >> > cloc 1.82+20190726+git608f376-1 OK >> > >> > updated today. The first line of /usr/bin/cloc is: >> > >> > #!/usr/bin/perl perl >> > >> > while it should just be: >> > >> > #!/usr/bin/perl >> > >> > (like it is on my Linux machine) >> > >> > Obviously this causes an error when running cloc: >> > >> > Can't open perl script "perl": No such file or directory >> > >> > >> > I would also suggest that you consider using a newer version of cloc, as >> > there have been several releases since 1.82 >> > >> > Eyal >> > >> >> -- >> Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html >> FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ >> Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html >> Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> > > > -- > Russell M. Van Tassell > -- Russell M. Van Tassell