Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:35:32 -0500 From: Johnny Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone Message-ID: <41FC01A4.4070709@NetBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <opsldvb7wd9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org> <opsldvb7wd9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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Jeremy Messenger wrote: > > 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. Wouldn't it be cleaner if there was a separate perl-symlinks package that created symlinks from /usr/local/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl? This would make creating symlinks happen regardless of whether you install from a binary package versus installing from the /usr/ports. Cheers, -- Johnny Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org>
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