Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 05:32:24 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Head's up: NO_PERL -> NO_PERL_WRAPPER Message-ID: <3D034AD8.F5EA3DDD@mindspring.com> References: <3D032261.8CB94725@FreeBSD.org> <20020609105353.GD25520@heechee.tobez.org> <3D033825.C024679E@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Anton Berezin wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 02:39:45AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > > > Per discussion with various folks, including Mark, I've moved the > > > NO_PERL knob over to NO_PERL_WRAPPER, and documented same. Given that > > > this is a fundamentally different thing than the old perl knobs, my > > > opinion is that we don't need to provide compatibility, but I won't > > > argue that point too strongly. > > > > The compatibility is a moot point either way, since there was no NO_PERL > > knob - it used to be called NOPERL. > > It's NOPERL in -stable, but it was NO_PERL in -current when I changed it > to NO_PERL_WRAPPER. If we are expressing preferences, I prefer that it be called: NO_WE_CHANGE_THE_NAME_SO_YOU_GET_PERL_ANYWAY_`date "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S"` Just so that the name matches it's *real* function, which is apparently to make sure that whatever variable you set to avoid getting perl last time is totally ineffective in preventing you getting perl this time. I personally just consider it an unsubtle means of perl advocacy... -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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