Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 07:12:39 -0500 From: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Perl version in FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980913071239.A2874@znh.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809131919080.24980-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>; from Dean Hollister on Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 07:20:47PM %2B0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809131919080.24980-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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On Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 07:20:47PM +0800, Dean Hollister wrote: > Why is perl v4 in the standard FreeBSD release, current and stable > releases? Why can't it be 5.00404 by default? Many packages require perl 5 > to work, so why not make 5.00404 the default... Actually, perl 5.00502 is in -current right now. There were some build issues, but you'd have to ask Mark Murray about them (I note that building in /usr/ports/lang/perl5 in -current fails). It probably will not end up in -stable (at least not before there is a 3.0.0-"stable" :-). -- Zach Heilig -- zach@gaffaneys.com A horse without a nose... never wins. (unknown) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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