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Date:      Wed, 18 Nov 1998 06:22:27 -0600 (CST)
From:      Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@nomad.dataplex.net>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: perl5 is needed to build kernel, why the a make.conf option NOPERL5 ? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811180617470.14995-100000@nomad.dataplex.net>
In-Reply-To: <199811161752.TAA01647@greenpeace.grondar.za>

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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Mark Murray wrote:

> Eivind Eklund wrote:
> > I think the first one also is nice to have.   Some of us want to update perl
> > and the rest of the system independently of each other (e.g, due to local
> > hacks to the perl code, for people doing development of Perl itself).
> 
> OK - I'll buy that. I'd prefer it to be undocumented, so people won't find
> the switch, frob it, and get burnt.

BUZZ ... WRONG ANSWER.

Please document it properly so that people won't get burned. It's better
to tell someone why they shouldn't play with matches rather than just
hiding them on the top shelf. :-)


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