Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:29:57 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Anton Berezin" <tobez@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone Message-ID: <opsldvb7wd9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org> References: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org>
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:24:25 +0100, Anton Berezin <tobez@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Unless I hear too many cries "don't do that" (with justification), I > plan to not create any perl symlinks in /usr/bin in the forthcoming > upgrade of both lang/perl5.8 (to 5.8.6) and lang/perl5 (to 5.6.2). This > will ONLY be true for FreeBSD 5.X and FreeBSD CURRENT; the existing > pollution of /usr/bin will still be performed for older versions of > FreeBSD, if requested via use.perl script. Please create an option to allow us install Perl with the symlinks in /usr/bin/. I ain't going to edit all third-party Perl files. I do agree for ports shouldn't touch in /usr/bin/, but as for Perl it's special that has been in /usr/bin/ for years. Cheers, Mezz > In practical terms this will mean a one-time sweep of your scripts in > order to convert them, in a typical case, from #! /usr/bin/perl to > #! /usr/local/bin/perl. > > CORRECT perl-dependant ports should not be affected. > > In order to keep pkg-install simple, no old symlink chasing and removal > will be done, although the detailed instructions will be posted in > ports/UPDATING and in pkg-message for the ports. > > Please respect Reply-To. > Thank you, > > \Anton. -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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