Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 21:30:02 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: The future of perl on FreeBSD Message-ID: <XFMail.20020507213002.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200205072241.g47Mf0jV002339@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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On 07-May-2002 Mark Murray wrote: > 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. I would vote for this and the suggestion some other folks made earlier that perl be installed by default by sysinstall except that a user could go into the custom menu and disable it if they wished. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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