Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:33:25 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl and ports Message-ID: <EB3282A396FFCC78382D2E81@utd49554.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <ef60af0905012500265eb38b66@mail.gmail.com> 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>
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--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
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