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Henrik W Lund <henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no> writes:

> Roberto Nunnari wrote:
> 
> > Thank you all for your answers.
> >
> > one more questions...
> >
> > What is the preferred/advised version for buildWorld and co?
> 
> Without knowing for sure, I'd say the base version of perl is the best
> one to use for the whole build* and install* process.

He said he was running 5.2.1, where perl is not present in the base
system.  I thought it wasn't needed for buildworld et. al., but I
can't check at the moment because I can't access my 5.x machine...