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Subject: Re: p5-* ports 
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:02:46 +0200
From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
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>  * is certainly going to eventually happen. I won't do it at first so
>  * as not to break the ports tree.
> 
> So you won't.  Then it's ok.  I thought you did, that's why I was
> surprised. :)

Ah. Sorry :-)

>  * :-) When I am commit ready, I'll start yelling and finalising policy
>  * with you.  I will not commit until you are happy.
> 
> Ok. :)

I am close. Are you ready for trials?

>  * At a first look, this looks OK. I wasn't planning to put in the
>  * version on the /usr/bin/perl5 binary, but it seems like a good
>  * thing, so I'll do it.
> 
> Well, I'm not sure.  It's not like we're going to have a whole bunch
> of them installed at the same time anyway.  Unless you have a reason
> to believe the user is going to need to keep the old binary around (to 
> run old compiled modules?  I dunno), you should probably keep it as
> "perl5" or put a code in the installation target to remove the old
> one.
> 
> I'm sure some people will object to having /usr/bin being cluttered
> with all sorts of perl5.00X0Y stuff.  (Remember, in /usr/src, you
> can't easily do a "pkg_delete perl-5.00404". :)

Ok - i'll just leave it as /usr/bin/perl and /usr/bin/suidperl.

>  * > have it work on users with pre-src-perl5 -current with a new
>  * > bsd.port.mk, thus the above test.)
>  * 
>  * I'll bear that in mind.
> 
> The last point (in parentheses) is just my preference though.  If it's 
> going to make your life too hard, it's ok to drop it.

It won't make my life too hard, but it may make yours :-)

M
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