2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lint/Makefile.am b/lint/Makefile.am
index 59d4b6073..0de8da54a 100644
--- a/lint/Makefile.am
+++ b/lint/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 all: check-linters
 
+do_subst = $(SED) -e 's,[@]PERL[@],$(PERL),g'
+
+SUFFIXES = pl.in .pl
+
+checkbashisms.pl: checkbashisms.pl.in Makefile
+        $(do_subst) < $(srcdir)/checkbashisms.pl.in > checkbashisms.pl
+        chmod +x checkbashisms.pl
+
+CLEANFILES=     \
+                checkbashisms.pl
+
+noinst_SCRIPTS =                \
+                $(CLEANFILES)
+
 # Check for bashisms in shell scripts
 # Very verbose, need to exclude more files.
 check-bashism:
diff --git a/lint/checkbashisms.pl b/lint/checkbashisms.pl.in
index b2a3c9aa1..0b8b06f86 100755
--- a/lint/checkbashisms.pl
+++ b/lint/checkbashisms.pl.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#!@PERL@
 
 # This script is essentially copied from /usr/share/lintian/checks/scripts,
 # which is: