From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 20 15:17:09 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id PAA22894 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:17:09 -0800 Received: from wcarchive.cdrom.com (wcarchive.cdrom.com [192.216.191.11]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA22883 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:16:58 -0800 Received: from bnr.ca (x400gate.bnr.ca [192.58.194.73]) by wcarchive.cdrom.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id PAA03702 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:16:46 -0800 X400-Received: by mta bnr.ca in /PRMD=BNR/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/C=CA/; Relayed; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 16:03:40 -0500 X400-Received: by /PRMD=BNR/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/C=CA/; Relayed; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 11:41:53 -0500 X400-Received: by /PRMD=BNR/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/C=CA/; Relayed; Fri, 20 Jan 1995 10:41:00 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 10:41:00 -0500 X400-Originator: /dd.id=1740711/g=bo/i=b/s=xiao/@bnr.ca X400-MTS-Identifier: [/PRMD=BNR/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/C=CA/;bcars735.b.740:20.00.95.16.41.53] X400-Content-Type: P2-1984 (2) Content-Identifier: Re: fw:how do... From: "bo (b.) xiao" Message-ID: <"8749 Fri Jan 20 11:41:57 1995"@bnr.ca> To: nate@sneezy.sri.com Cc: freebsd-questions@wcarchive.cdrom.com Subject: Re: fw:how does one get perl for 2.0? Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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). Bo Xiao Bell Northern Research Ltd. Ottawa ON. Canada 613-763-4434 ESN395-5045 | Opinions are mine, not BNR's.