Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 14:39:08 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sneezy.sri.com> To: "bo (b.) xiao" <xiao@bnr.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@wcarchive.cdrom.com Subject: Re: fw:how does one get perl for 2.0? Message-ID: <9501202139.AA13924@rocky.MT.net.mt.net> In-Reply-To: "bo (b.) xiao" <xiao@bnr.ca> "Re: fw:how does one get perl for 2.0?" (Jan 20, 10:41am)
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> In message "how does one get perl for 2.0?", nate@sneezy.sri.com writes: > > The reason Perl5 isn't in the release is because it was 'beta' software > > when the release was being put together. Also, it has been my > > experience that it is a best to wait for a couple patches to be released > > before using a new product since there are always bugs that need to be > > shaken out in the initial distribution. > Drawback is some newer package requires newer perl. Majordomo for > one refuses to work with the bundled perl. It complains something > about time, as said in its readme or so. Freefall uses an older > majordomo(1.63) so perl4 is fine(my guess). Really? The version of majordomo must have been release fairly recently (~ 2 months), since I got it and was going to upgrade it on freefall then. If someone wants to make it into a port, I'm sure we would be willing to accept it. :-) Nate
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