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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:06:32 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, asami@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: perl5 is needed to build kernel, why the a make.conf option NOPERL5 ? 
Message-ID:  <199811160606.IAA04093@greenpeace.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Mon, 16 Nov 1998 01:43:32 %2B0100." <19981116014332.A22523@klemm.gtn.com> 
References:  <19981116014332.A22523@klemm.gtn.com> 

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The intention is to use "system" perl for everything.

If a port breaks, then fix that port.  :-)

M

Andreas Klemm wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> How to resolve/address this ? ....
> 
> /etc/make.conf has the following knobs:
> #NOPERL=	true
> #NOSUIDPERL=	true
> 
> Some ports still need perl5 from the ports collection.
> So I set these options and removed perl5 completely from /usr/bin,
> /usr/share and /usr/libdata ...
> 
> What happened now ...
> 
> a) Can't compile a kernel without perl, because makedevopts.pl needs
>    perlt.
> 
> b) The perl 5 port for -current isn't compileable. Fails building.
>    BTW, since when we are not able to compile perl5 ????? What
>    happened with FreeBSD ? ;-)
> 
> What is your recommendation for FreeBSD 3.0 ?
> 
> Use both perl5 in the system AND perl5 from the ports collection
> for building and installing other ports ?
> 
> BTW, the perl5 port doesn't compile and install on a -current
> system by default, because it's in the base system.
> 
> Question. Is this ok ? What about the other ports, that usually
> install themselves into a local directory structure under site_perl.
> 
> Well, seems a bit tricky. What are your recommendations ?
> 
> 	Andreas ///
> 
> -- 
> Andreas Klemm                                http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas
>      What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ?
>           http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html
>              "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs)      ``powered by FreeBSD SMP''
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