Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:51:03 +0100 From: Julien Laffaye <jlaffaye@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl symlinks question Message-ID: <4F0B4527.1030905@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgkZ-ghrV9moAj7uR%2BOTw6FYgDniPD4HPY52TRWNWz%2BrfQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <4F0B36BD.8070202@yandex.ru> <CADLo839GMbxbkL=j7XjEGfgveJkDHOmkD5P0nyW3kOjaJQfi2Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgn9n-m5CRV-wso%2BNWSmMe5yZ=AaUR4R=KkiPxZH%2Bee5ng@mail.gmail.com> <4F0B41B2.9020506@yandex.ru> <CAF6rxgkZ-ghrV9moAj7uR%2BOTw6FYgDniPD4HPY52TRWNWz%2BrfQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/9/2012 8:42 PM, Eitan Adler wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov<cvs-src@yandex.ru> wrote:
>> Eitan Adler wrote on 09.01.2012 23:32:
>>
>>> 2012/1/9 Chris Rees<crees@freebsd.org>:
>>>> 1. Fix devel/automake too (by replacing /usr/bin/perl with ${PERL})
>>>>> 2. Create symlinks unconditionally in perl port and drop USE_PERL option
>>>
>>> /usr/bin is in LOCALBASE which may be read only.
>>
>> Ok, but if so most part of ports tree will not build on such systems,
>> because automake tools (aclocal in particular) calling /usr/bin/perl.
> The option should remain on by default due to the majority use case,
> but elimination the option is a bad idea. Users should not have to
> hack ports to use a readonly LOCALBASE.
>
>
Last time I installed perl with /usr/bin readonly (ezjail) it failed
silently to create the symlink so there is really no reason to switch
this option off.
That's why, I would also go for option 2/
If you have a readonly /usr/bin, it is the job of your administrator
(that'd be you!) to create the symlink.
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