From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 8 3:54:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 872AC37B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 03:54:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao01.cox.net (lakemtao01.cox.net [68.1.17.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7FBA43E75 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 03:54:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ataraxia@cox.net) Received: from arkadia.nv.cox.net ([68.98.181.29]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20021108115439.ZDUE1310.lakemtao01.cox.net@arkadia.nv.cox.net>; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 06:54:39 -0500 Received: from arkadia.nv.cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arkadia.nv.cox.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA8BscDd073275; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 06:54:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ataraxia@arkadia.nv.cox.net) Received: (from ataraxia@localhost) by arkadia.nv.cox.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA8BsbFK073274; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 06:54:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ataraxia) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 06:54:37 -0500 (EST) From: Ray Kohler Message-Id: <200211081154.gA8BsbFK073274@arkadia.nv.cox.net> To: kris@obsecurity.org, mark@grondar.org Subject: Re: perl5.6.1 wrapper Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200211080858.gA88wiCE029745@grimreaper.grondar.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 8 04:15:04 2002 > To: Kris Kennaway > Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: perl5.6.1 wrapper > Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 08:58:44 +0000 > From: Mark Murray > > IMVHO, the perl wrapper should be removed altogether, and the > perl port's "use.port" symlink-creating feature should be used > instead. > > M > > > Can someone explain why the perl wrapper needs to be hardlinked to > > perl5.6.1? > > > > The problem I am seeing is this: > > > > USE_PERL5=yes in a port adds the following BUILD_DEPENDS: > > > > enigma# make -V BUILD_DEPENDS > > perl5.6.1:/usr/ports/lang/perl5 > > > > However 5.0 has perl5.6.1 in the base system still, so this dependency > > is always satisfied, the perl port is never added and the port build > > that relies on it will fail. Then we're back to the problem of there being a complete stale perl in the base system after a 4.X->5.X upgrade, but then, I've always thought that "clean out the cruft" ought to be a mandatory step in upgrading. - @ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message