Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:43:21 +0200 From: Michael Ranner <mranner@jawa.at> To: perl@freebsd.org Cc: Blaz Zupan <blaz@si.FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Fresh perl install and amavisd-new Message-ID: <200408201043.21783.mranner@jawa.at> In-Reply-To: <20040819181836.I86733@titanic.medinet.si> References: <200408181512.59208.mranner@inode.at> <200408191109.10272.mranner@inode.at> <20040819181836.I86733@titanic.medinet.si>
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Am Donnerstag, 19. August 2004 18:21 schrieb Blaz Zupan: > > Installation of Perl distribution is finished. Please note, that > > since Perl is also in the base system, this distribution will not > > be used by default. > > > > # > > # this ist not true on FreeBSD 5 > > # > > It *is* true. This distribution will not be used by default. If there is > nothing in the base system, well you don't have a perl. "Please note, that since Perl is also in the base system" AFAIK there is no perl in the base system on FreeBSD 5, so this part of the pkg-message is not correct on FreeBSD 5. The part "This distribution will not be used by default" is correct. I know some users who are searching and asking me for the "hidden" perl in the base system on FreeBSD 5 because auf this pkg-message. > > but perl -v works as expected. > > It does, but perl is *not* installed. This is your, my and probably other FreeBSD experts opinion, but if some users may run perl in the command line and can write scripts with #!/usr/local/bin/perl the may think its "installed". > There are dozens of ports that depend on perl 5.8 (or perl 5.6). Should > every single one of them contain warnings in addition to the warnings being > displayed by perl itself? If you try to install amavisd-new, it warns you > that you need perl 5.8.X. So, you need to properly install it. If the > instructions for perl installation are not good enough, then *they* should > be fixed, not the instructions for every single port that depends on perl. > Just IMHO. Sure, amavisd-new was only one example. I think the pkg-message or other instructions for the perl ports should be updated for FreeBSD 5 or maybe the installation can be automated, if there is no other perl on the system, run use.perl port and make the necessary entries in /etc/make.conf automagically. Thats why I posted also to perl@freebsd.org -- /\/\ichael Ranner mranner@jawa.at - mranner@bitonline.cc - webmaster@mariazell.at ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JAWA Management Software GmbH - http://www.jawa.at/ Liebenauer Hauptstrasse 2oo - A-8041 Graz Tel +43 316 403274 21 - Fax +43 316 403274 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mariazell Online - http://www.mariazell.at/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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