From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 3 23:18:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E01016A41A for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 23:18:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A3A13C46B for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 23:18:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:53886 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IzKXz-0000uC-7a for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:17:55 +0100 Received: (qmail 35453 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2007 00:17:52 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 4 Dec 2007 00:17:52 +0100 Received: (qmail 86641 invoked by uid 1001); 4 Dec 2007 00:17:52 +0100 Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:17:52 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Message-ID: <20071203231752.GA86568@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" , Carl Johan Gustavsson , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <47547FEE.9040405@gmail.com> <475483D1.4050301@bahnhofbredband.se> <47548425.8010704@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47548425.8010704@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1IzKXz-0000uC-7a. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1IzKXz-0000uC-7a 7caa3ef458be1419c084fc18d50dc4a6 Cc: Carl Johan Gustavsson , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:18:14 -0000 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:33:09PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Carl Johan Gustavsson wrote: > > Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > >> perl (what is the difference between the 5.8.8 in the base system > >> and the one in ports?!?!?!?) > >> > > The base system does not contain Perl. > > Then why is it compiled by buildworld? It isn't - not unless you are running FreeBSD 4.x or older (and then it would have been Perl version 5.005_03.) Perl was removed from the base system (in what was then 5-CURRENT) back in 2002 and has certainly not been added back again. Perl 5.8.8 has never been part of the base system, nor compiled by buildworld. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se