From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 14 19:28:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8ED716A41C; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:28:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BA8243D53; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:28:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j5EJStdp013999; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:28:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id j5EJStKA013998; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:28:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:28:54 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20050614192854.GA13882@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200407201544.i6KFiWWr001296@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050613110937.GA29004@roughtrade.net> <20050613144244.GA45110@tara.freenix.org> <20050613233625.GF11349@roughtrade.net> <20050614104106.GA14918@tara.freenix.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050614104106.GA14918@tara.freenix.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ntp Makefile config.h src/usr.sbin/ntp/arlib Makefile src/usr.sbin/ntp/doc Makefile ntp-genkeys.8 src/usr.sbin/ntp/libntp Makefile... X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:28:55 -0000 On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:41:06PM +0200, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Joshua Goodall: > > FreeBSD's use.perl script deliberately manages a symlink from > > /usr/bin/perl to (for example) my /opt/bin/perl5.8.6. I believe > > that using the managed link is more correct than making assumptions > > about $LOCALBASE. > > You have a point. What do others say? We should stop creating a /usr/bin/perl symlink. We don't create /usr/bin/python or /usr/bin/ruby. We should stop treating Perl a something more special than other 3rd-party scripting languages. What would we do if this file were a ruby script? That is what we should do for it as a Perl script. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)