[Bug] Claude generates Perl-dependent scripts on macOS despite Perl deprecation
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 8, 2026 by indiclock Closed Jul 14, 2026
Bug Description
opus writes simple scripts with perl dependency in macbook - apple will be deprecating tools like perl, tcl etc. - - So, to recap your question
- perl was there purely as a hang-guard, because macOS
has no timeout command.
- Apple does ship perl (5.34.1, even on 26.5) — but it's
been deprecated since Catalina (2019) and could vanish in
a future macOS, so it was a poor long-term dependency
for an automount script.
- Now the timeout is pure shell builtins
(sleep/kill/wait) — nothing to install, nothing
deprecated, works on any macOS.>>>>
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: iTerm.app
- Version: 2.1.165
- Feedback ID: 6fa2b025-2de7-40e7-934a-7a7a9b1ea77a
Errors
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