From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jan 7 18:39:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA16393 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:39:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vader.cs.berkeley.edu (vader.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.38.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA16384 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:39:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu) Received: from silvia.hip.berkeley.edu (sji-ca7-163.ix.netcom.com [209.109.235.163]) by vader.cs.berkeley.edu (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA22679; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:39:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.hip.berkeley.edu (8.9.1/8.6.9) id SAA66291; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:38:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:38:57 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199901080238.SAA66291@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> To: wghicks@bellsouth.net CC: ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <3692A212.D8831C0D@glenayre.com> (message from Jerry Hicks on Tue, 05 Jan 1999 18:36:50 -0500) Subject: Re: ports/lang/perl5 From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * I see that perl5 port has been marked broken for OSVERSION > 300003, * reasoning that perl5 is now part of the base system. * * It's understandable that a known, tested version is desirable for * the base system but having the port marked broken seems wrong to me. * * Is there some conflict I am not aware of that forces this situation? Not really. We just thought it would be wasteful to do it in any case, since the maintainer of the system and port perl5 are the same (markm) and he vowed to keep their versions in sync. By the way, if you really want to do it, you can define NO_IGNORE when you compile and install the port. Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message