On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 18:25:02 +0100
Alessandro Selli <alessandroselli@???> wrote:

> On 21/11/18 at 18:15, m712 wrote:
> >>   Of course we are, why don't you read before replying?
> > I can't be sure if you are in jest.
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>    Of course I am not.
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>   Dr. Nikolaus Klepp asked:
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> From: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <dr.klepp@???>
> To: dng@???
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:22:00 +0100
> Message-Id: <201811211722.00535.dr.klepp@???>
>
>     
> Why would anybody hardcode the link to sed in the first place? Isn't
> that what $PATH is all about?
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>    And I answered with a case where the absolute placement of the sed
> executable does matter and cannot be circumvented with a PATH setting
> or the use of commands like which or command.

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> What is not clear?
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>

You got the context wrong, or as we say here in the UK, you got the
wrong end of the stick ;-)

He asked 'Why would anybody hardcode the link', what has this to do with
a shebang ?

You are quite correct, you cannot replace a shebang with 'which', but
then, this was never the problem.
Did you read the debian bugreport ?

Rowland