Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:38:33 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Subject: Re: gensetdefs using sh(1),sed(1),grep(1) and awk(1) Message-ID: <20001220003833.K19572@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20001220003532.D41741@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:35:32AM -0800 References: <20001220002334.B41741@dragon.nuxi.com> <20001219233816.H19572@fw.wintelcom.net> <3A405A43.5C10697C@cup.hp.com> <20001219233816.H19572@fw.wintelcom.net> <200012200810.BAA07142@harmony.village.org> <20001220002334.B41741@dragon.nuxi.com> <200012200829.BAA07311@harmony.village.org> <20001220003532.D41741@dragon.nuxi.com>
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* David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> [001220 00:35] wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:29:07AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > I don't see what the big deal is in requiring perl is anyway. > > Because the festing pile of sh*t doesn't build properly too often. > How many reports have you seen of people who have a lot of trouble with > perl when upgrading? We should make it so one can turn Perl off in the > world build, and still be able to build a kernel. > > Once running on a new kernel and new mostly-complete userland, they can > re-try bulding the world with perl. This is a bogus argument, people may have problems _compiling_ perl, but I've never heard of anyone having problems with the installed perl. > > What makes it different than awk or sh or sed? > > They always build. And perl 'always' works. What's your point? -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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