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Date:      Thu, 17 Sep 1998 17:41:22 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        mark@grondar.za
Cc:        committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/perl5/hints freebsd.sh 
Message-ID:  <199809180041.RAA14180@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <199809170603.IAA03554@gratis.grondar.za>
References:  <199809170555.PAA08032@cimlogic.com.au> <199809170603.IAA03554@gratis.grondar.za>

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In article <199809170603.IAA03554@gratis.grondar.za>,
Mark Murray  <mark@grondar.za> wrote:

> This is where I start passing the hat around for a contract on the
> Perl5 developers' heads. Grrr.
> 
> They have built a twisty little maze of interdependant scripts that
> is _nasty_ to unravel. These scripts are riddled with path searchers
> and other crap that overrides the build environment.

After this, perhaps you'll be in the right state of mind to really
enjoy working on GNU binutils ... ;-)

John
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth



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