Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 16:31:12 +0200 From: JVromans@squirrel.nl (Johan Vromans) To: hv@crypt0.demon.co.uk Cc: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>, Johnny Lam <jlam@jgrind.org>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, perl5-porters@perl.org Subject: Re: Save a few hunderd kilobytes or a few hundred perl users? Message-ID: <15567.64560.552670.677419@phoenix.squirrel.nl> References: <20020501122645.AA1308BA02@phoenix.squirrel.nl> <200205011406.g41E6vW23574@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
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[Quoting Hugo van der Sanden, on May 1 2002, 15:06, in "Re: Save a few hunde"] > Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl> wrote: > :Whatever approach we take, two major problems must be solved to > :accomplish this: > : 1: A perl distribution must be able to be (re)located anywhere and > : use itself as a starting point to find its additional libraries > : and modules. > : The way ActiveState's rpm handles it (by patching the binaries and > : scripts) works, but defeats the rpm functionality to verify an > : installation. > : 2: Add-on modules (base-perl and site-perl) must be able to fit > : themselves into an existing perl installation so they can be > : distributed in prebuilt form. > : > :In short, we need componentized, prebuilt distributions. > : > :Is this being worked on already? > > Not that I'm aware; volunteers welcome. Okay, I'll bite. Who joins? -- Johan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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