Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:47:29 -0700 From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> To: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Should /usr/bin/perl be a link to /usr/local/bin/perl ? Message-ID: <52655AA1.6090304@rawbw.com>
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I found that many ports specify /usr/bin/perl as an interpreter. This comes from Linux. Examples: valgrind-snapshot, windowmaker, enscript-a4, a2ps, svgalib /usr/bin/perl isn't installed by perl port. There are several solutions, in the order of increasing complexity of solution: 1. Install the link /usr/bin/perl (hackish, but it will fix many broken ports in one shot) 2. Make a package scripts check for interpreter and break the install of offending packages 3. Fix all offending packages Which solution should be preferred in your opinion? Yuri
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