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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:26:33 +0200
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        forrie@forrie.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Perl in 6.1
Message-ID:  <20060613202633.GA1756@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <56353.66.92.69.182.1150229103.squirrel@forrie.com>
References:  <56353.66.92.69.182.1150229103.squirrel@forrie.com>

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On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 04:05:03PM -0400, forrie@forrie.com wrote:
> I've just installed a fresh 6.1 system and I noted perl wasn't included in
> the core build.  I also see it mentioned in the ObsoleteFiles area in
> /usr/src.
> 
> Where is the announcement about perl being removed, etc.  What's the scoop.
> 

Perl was removed from 5-CURRENT back in 2002 and so has not been included in
any of the 5.x or 6.x releases.
You can find a note about it in the release notes for 5.0-RELEASE.



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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se



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