Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:00:54 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: perl and ports Message-ID: <ef60af090501251100472d6fb6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <EB3282A396FFCC78382D2E81@utd49554.utdallas.edu> References: <ef60af0905012416425fdc0a7d@mail.gmail.com> <200501242315.12888.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> <ef60af090501242128e57e92d@mail.gmail.com> <200501251530.06424.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <20050125055301.GB16896@xor.obsecurity.org> <ef60af0905012500265eb38b66@mail.gmail.com> <EB3282A396FFCC78382D2E81@utd49554.utdallas.edu>
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:33:25 -0600, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: > --On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 09:26:07 AM +0100 Gert Cuykens > <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > this is what i dont understand only need perl to compile it ? > > > > so some pakeges need perl to compile and some dont ? why not make them > > all perl independent ? > > This shouldn't be too hard to do. All you have to do is contact the > developers for the 40,000+ different ports and ask them to please stop > using perl. Once they all comply, the FreeBSD port maintainers can > eliminate perl. (Course I'll be pissed, because I use perl a lot.) > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu I will start with the cvsup developer :P
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