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-rw-r--r--var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py
index db07e5e246..70249aebac 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py
@@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ class Ack(Package):
version('2.14', 'e74150a1609d28a70b450ef9cc2ed56b', expand=False)
- # trust that there's a system perl for now, but perhaps someday we
- # should:
- # depends_on('perl')
+ depends_on('perl')
def install(self, spec, prefix):
mkdirp(prefix.bin)
ack = 'ack-{0}-single-file'.format(self.version)
+
+ # rewrite the script's #! line to call the perl dependency
+ shbang = '#!' + join_path(spec['perl'].prefix.bin, 'perl')
+ filter_file(r'^#!/usr/bin/env perl', shbang, ack)
+
install(ack, join_path(prefix.bin, "ack"))
set_executable(join_path(prefix.bin, "ack"))