Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 14:32:19 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: perl4 Message-ID: <199603211332.OAA13562@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199603211056.CAA23624@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Mar 21, 96 02:56:51 am
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As Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > Btw., you've only checked for installed scripts. Do also check out > > the Makefiles. I know that i've been using ``perl -e'' in some of the > > Makefiles myself. > > That particular things kinda makes my stomach turn, as it creates yet > more cyclic dependincy trees that are very hard to break. Think about > what would happen if we did upgrade to perl5 in the base system and > now our Makefiles with perl -e in them fall over because they need to > be changed. Instant cyclic build problem. While i think that i've been using ``generic Perl'', i get your point. However, i'm not sure at all whether it was in the base system, or in a port only. (I do own about 10 or so ports as well.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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