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Date:      Thu, 16 May 2002 17:25:51 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/comms/conserver Makefile ports/editors/vim Makefile ports/net/rsync Makefile ports/net/mopd Makefile ports/textproc/urlview Makefile
Message-ID:  <20020516172551.B77355@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020516235955.96B623E1A@turbine.trit.org>; from dima@trit.org on Thu, May 16, 2002 at 11:59:55PM %2B0000
References:  <200205162333.g4GNXMx61248@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020516235955.96B623E1A@turbine.trit.org>

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On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 11:59:55PM +0000, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > obrien      2002/05/16 16:33:22 PDT
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     comms/conserver      Makefile 
> >     editors/vim          Makefile 
> >     net/rsync            Makefile 
> >     net/mopd             Makefile 
> >     textproc/urlview     Makefile 
> >   Log:
> >   Needs perl to build.
> 
> Why not USE_PERL5?  That also adds a RUN_DEPENDS; if that's a problem,
> perhaps we should have another knob for this.

Because this is only a _BUILD_ need, not a _RUN_ issue.

> Littering every port that uses perl to edit files in-place with
> BUILD_DEPENDS entires like these hardly seems like a good idea.

You may maintain the ports you maintain how you please.  I will do mine
the way I please.  That is what "maintain" means.

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