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Date:      Sun, 13 Sep 1998 07:12:39 -0500
From:      Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>
To:        Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Perl version in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <19980913071239.A2874@znh.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809131919080.24980-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>; from Dean Hollister on Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 07:20:47PM %2B0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809131919080.24980-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>

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On Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 07:20:47PM +0800, Dean Hollister wrote:
> Why is perl v4 in the standard FreeBSD release, current and stable
> releases? Why can't it be 5.00404 by default? Many packages require perl 5
> to work, so why not make 5.00404 the default...

Actually, perl 5.00502 is in -current right now.  There were some build
issues, but you'd have to ask Mark Murray about them (I note that building in
/usr/ports/lang/perl5 in -current fails).  It probably will not end up in
-stable (at least not before there is a 3.0.0-"stable" :-).

-- 
Zach Heilig -- zach@gaffaneys.com
  A horse without a nose... never wins. (unknown)

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