From owner-freebsd-current Tue May 7 16:10:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C06DB37B407 for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 16:10:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id A3815AE03F; Tue, 7 May 2002 16:10:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 16:10:29 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Mark Murray Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of perl on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020507231029.GN36741@elvis.mu.org> References: <200205072241.g47Mf0jV002339@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200205072241.g47Mf0jV002339@grimreaper.grondar.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Mark Murray [020507 15:45] wrote: > Hi all > > > There are some solutions: > > 3) Ditch perl from the base system completely, and rely on the > ports system for FreeBSD's perl requirements. > PRO: Speed up "make world", debloat source tree, prevent > many cross-build breakages. > CON: No high-level scripting system in the tree by default > (need to install a port to get one). The ports collection > will need some work to handle this. > I've tested a build of this, including kernel. Some apps > (like sockstat) break. I could commit this if it is wanted. Have sysinstall automagically install perl as a package and this should work fine. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message