Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:25:33 +0100 From: Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.oberon.net> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone Message-ID: <20050130112533.GE62253@voodoo.oberon.net> In-Reply-To: <ABE93926F920C0AB0B480782@cc-147.int.t-online.fr> References: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org> <41FC75E9.3060601@freebsd.org> <20050130104732.GA30800@intserv.int1.b.intern> <20050130105323.GB62253@voodoo.oberon.net> <b50544e4934ebbb87557ab75c861d6eb@snsonline.net> <20050130111943.GD62253@voodoo.oberon.net> <ABE93926F920C0AB0B480782@cc-147.int.t-online.fr>
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On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 12:23:43PM +0100, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > +-le 30/01/2005 12:19 +0100, Kirill Ponomarew ?crivait : > | On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 09:08:34PM +1000, Mark Sergeant wrote: > |> > If it's linux tradition to put perl in this path, perl programmers > |> > should assume another path on FreeBSD, so it isn't an argument for > |> > the proposed change. > |> > > |> As per the current perl-5.8.6 INSTALL file ... > |> > |> It may seem obvious, but Perl is useful only when users can easily > |> find it. It's often a good idea to have both /usr/bin/perl and > |> /usr/local/bin/perl be symlinks to the actual binary. > | > | /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are *BOTH* in default $PATH. > > Last time I looked, cron did not have usr/local in it's path. I meant user enviroments, not cron. -Kirill
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