Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:16:31 +0100 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: doug@allensystemconsultants.com Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone Message-ID: <64134.1107072991@bizet.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:35:03 -0600" References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050129202607.0447e3a8@mail.allensystemconsultants.com>
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> While I agree that correct ports shouldn't be affected, I think that this > will make a difference in how FreeBSD is looked at as a whole. I know that > when I write stuff for other people in perl, it is presumed that perl is in > /usr/bin, not /usr/local/bin because most of these people are running some > Linux distribution. I also thought that is was requested to have perl in > /usr/bin? I agree, having perl available in /usr/bin is one of the nice points of FreeBSD. I see strong reactions against removing the /usr/bin symlinks in 5.x. Good, presumably they will be allowed to stay. But I would also like to keep them for 6.x. As others have pointed out, removing those symlinks would create a lot of hassle for the users, for very little gain. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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