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Date:      Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:33:47 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
To:        freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Subject:   Re: perl build
Message-ID:  <3A4117AB.F427A529@cup.hp.com>
References:  <20001220002334.B41741@dragon.nuxi.com> <20001219233816.H19572@fw.wintelcom.net> <3A405A43.5C10697C@cup.hp.com> <20001219233816.H19572@fw.wintelcom.net> <200012200810.BAA07142@harmony.village.org> <20001220002334.B41741@dragon.nuxi.com> <200012200829.BAA07311@harmony.village.org> <20001220003532.D41741@dragon.nuxi.com>

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David O'Brien wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:29:07AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> > I don't see what the big deal is in requiring perl is anyway.
> 
> Because the festing pile of sh*t doesn't build properly too often.
> How many reports have you seen of people who have a lot of trouble with
> perl when upgrading?  We should make it so one can turn Perl off in the
> world build, and still be able to build a kernel.
> 
> Once running on a new kernel and new mostly-complete userland, they can
> re-try bulding the world with perl.

This is a cross-build issue that can be resolved and has been resolved.
I'm not aware of any outstanding problems with perl. Let me know if
there's a brokenness currently...

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Marcel Moolenaar
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