Date: 26 Sep 1998 17:36:16 -0500 From: Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> To: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Why p5- ports are good Message-ID: <86g1deo61r.fsf_-_@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> In-Reply-To: Anton Berezin's message of "Sat, 26 Sep 1998 23:01:28 %2B0200 (CEST)" References: <199809252032.NAA13244@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <199809262101.XAA25857@lion.plab.ku.dk>
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Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk> writes:
> Probably I missing something very much, but I cannot help wondering
> why on earth FreeBSD ports collection has such an _enormous_ amount of
> p5-thingy ports?
The p5- ports are nice to have around because:
There are a few that really do need patching.
It allows dependencies to be installed automatically. In
addition to the p5- ports that depend on other p5- ports, we've
got p5- ports that depend on other ports, and vice versa.
Pkg_delete works. The uninstall target that perl's MakeMaker
module writes doesn't.
--
I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready
to make the commitment.
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