Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 06:26:22 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf Makefile.alpha files.alpha src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 Message-ID: <19991217222622.C25231CD0@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> of "Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:18:58 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912171417010.37239-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > why are we now using perl? seems like that is yet another > HUGE chunk of stuff that is not now optional. > > julian We've been using perl for quite some time in the kernel build. See src/sys/ kern/makedevops.pl. It's been in use since well before RELENG_3. It's nothing new. > On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > > Be more consistant in using perl vs. perl5. We were using perl5 in the > > kernel builds so as not to confuse with perl4 when bootstrapping from old > > systems. I don't know if this is still applicable but it shouldn't hurt > > to be consistant at least. > > > > Also copy vnode_if.sh to vnode_if.pl. Doing a 'sh vnode_if.sh' when it > > was a perl script was kinda silly. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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