From owner-freebsd-current Sun Nov 15 23:51:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA04103 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:51:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.gtn.com (mail.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA04087; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:51:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id IAA27669; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:45:17 +0100 (MET) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id IAA07427; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:30:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19981116083046.A4393@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:30:46 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm To: Satoshi Asami , mark@grondar.za Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: perl5 is needed to build kernel, why the a make.conf option NOPERL5 ? References: <199811160606.IAA04093@greenpeace.grondar.za> <199811160618.WAA00540@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199811160618.WAA00540@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 10:18:44PM -0800 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 10:18:44PM -0800, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * > So I set these options and removed perl5 completely from /usr/bin, > > Don't do that. :) > > * > BTW, the perl5 port doesn't compile and install on a -current > * > system by default, because it's in the base system. > > It shouldn't, and that's fine. So, if perl5 from the base system is definitively needed, then I'd vote to remove the misleading options from /etc/make.conf #NOPERL= true #NOSUIDPERL= true and in the Makefiles where they would take effect. Or what do you think ? 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'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message