Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 10:55:05 -0700 (PDT) From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org (FreeBSD ports list) Subject: Re: New collection for ports - perl ? Message-ID: <199610011755.KAA02155@relay.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961001102158.24726A-100000@bdd.net> from James FitzGibbon at "Oct 1, 96 10:23:28 am"
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> > > I'm not sure it is interesting as it would duplicate something already > > > present in the Perl mechanisms (MakeMaker and al) and would only be a > > > wrapper around > 2. Help track the hideous dependancies that Perl modules have on each > other Agreed! On a recient install of a Perl module, I had to go find and fetch 3 others. I didn't know these dependancies until ``perl Makefile.PL'' bombed each time. The FBSD ports system would handle the dependancies very well. > 3. Make uninstallation a snap, something that the MakeMaker package in > perl does not do. Agreed. -- David
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