Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 02:46:29 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>, Akinori MUSHA <knu@iDaemons.org>, Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, Pete Fritchman <petef@absolutbsd.org>, portmgr@FreeBSD.org, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org, jmallett@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: REINPLACE Message-ID: <3D0DAFF5.63D1A56B@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020616234124.M2123-100000@blues.jpj.net>
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Trevor Johnson wrote: > > Doug Barton wrote: > > > [...] You've determined that the problem is, "How do > > we make a drop in replacement for perl -i?" Unfortunately, we've already > > shown that this isn't possible. So, I'm trying to simplify the problem > > by defining it as, "How do we accomplish the same result as perl -i as > > simply as possible for the majority of ports, and then handle the > > special cases seperately?" I think my problem is a lot easier to solve, > > and my solution is more likely to succeed. > > Well, Perl tends to give similar results to Perl. :-) Perl is still > available in -CURRENT, via ports/lang/perl5. Having to install it to work > with certain ports is IMO no great tragedy, especially when it's under > package management. Even if this weren't ludicrous on its face, I daresay it's a safe assumption that the majority of our userbase would disagree with you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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