Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:51:12 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: perl5 is needed to build kernel, why the a make.conf option NOPERL5 ? Message-ID: <199811161151.NAA00668@greenpeace.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of " Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:30:46 %2B0100." <19981116083046.A4393@klemm.gtn.com> References: <199811160606.IAA04093@greenpeace.grondar.za> <199811160618.WAA00540@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <19981116083046.A4393@klemm.gtn.com>
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Andreas Klemm wrote: > 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. The second one can stay, but I cannot think of a use for the first; you make world; you have no perl; you need to build a kernel - oops! I suppose this is an argument for not depending on Perl. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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