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... -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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