From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 11 19:23:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17281 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:23:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from octopus.originative.co.uk (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA17276 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:23:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) Received: by OCTOPUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:01:44 -0000 Message-ID: From: Paul Richards To: "'Mike Smith'" , "Carlos C. Tapang" Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: aout-to-elf and bootblocks Success Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:01:43 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Smith [mailto:mike@smith.net.au] > Sent: Monday, January 04, 1999 12:43 AM > To: Carlos C. Tapang > Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: aout-to-elf and bootblocks Success > > > > >1. Upgrade to the latest -current > > > cvsup > > > make world > > > Note: I used make -DNOGAMES -DNOPERL world to save time and > > > to get around a missing gv.h. I will look for this > > > when I do the last make world. > > > > Another note: make sure you already have Perl installed. If > you don't, and > > you use NOPERL, then compilation of ficl fails. > > We've had requests to deal with this; I'm trying to come up with a > workaround, as there are a couple of places at the moment where the > bootstrap really needs Perl around (generating the helpfile > is another > one). I've got mixed feelings about this. Perl is so damn useful that it seems restrictive to not be able to use it as part of the core of FreeBSD. I think we should accept it as part of our arsenal of tools and not try and make it an optional part of the system. In all seriousness, I'd rather see awk, sed and even sh be consigned to the dustbin of history and have Perl replace them than continue with the attitude that Perl is optional bloat. Anyone for replacing /etc with perl scripts :-) Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message