Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:12:44 -0800 From: Erik Hollensbe <erik@hollensbe.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-stable Digest, Vol 97, Issue 1 (re: perl changes) Message-ID: <40592c75696cc939aa4af4b59d81fde5@hollensbe.org> In-Reply-To: <20050131120053.1A21B16A4FB@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050131120053.1A21B16A4FB@hub.freebsd.org>
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I apologize for the lack of quotes, but since this has dominated the list, I imagine my message will have appropriate context without. I started using perl in v5, and only with rare exception have any of the scripts I've used or written required /usr/local/bin/perl. /usr/bin/perl seems to be the current "standard", regardless of any rules to the contrary. Same goes for a lack of env usage. While it's nice to be idealistic, lets be realistic - FreeBSD's change isn't going to carpet the world overnight, and a simple symlink (which could be defaulted on or off, I would think on would be more reasonable) will solve this problem in a rather cooperative fashion. Those who want purity can turn it off, and the rest of us who really would rather not have purist choice dominate our updates can use the "standard". (That wasn't said to insult, to counter any assumptions.) -Erik
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