Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:43:01 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: p5-* ports Message-ID: <199808282043.WAA06394@gratis.grondar.za>
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Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Mark Murray: > > I am looking at the possibilities of SPAN.pm replacing the _entire_ > > */p5-* port collection. It is _very_ powerful. > > Be aware that CPAN doesn't solve the dependencies between packages. During > build you'll see that a few are missing (A require B and so on) but it > won't get them for you. > > I use CPAN a lot but it is not a miracle. ... but it will clean up the makefile system a _lot_, and allow us to throw out just about everything except dependancies, no? M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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