configuring startperl during make ?



Hello,

During DBI building, MakeMaker uses the fixin() method to write the shebang
line for all the perl scripts that will be installed.
The path on my machine is /usr/perl/5.8.4/bin/perl. I also have
/usr/perl5/bin/perl which is *currently* pointing to the same 5.8.4 perl,
but this generic version independent path helps me pointing to the latest
version all the time.

I would like to have all the shebang lines replaced to the generic
/usr/perl5/bin/perl. Now, MakeMaker's fixin method seems to be
using $Config:{startperl}. If my understanding is right, startperl is
populated during installation (correct me if I am wrong here), Is there a
way to change this parameter to point to the version independent perl path
??

Thanks
Mayuresh


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