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From: Philip Reynolds <philip.reynolds@rfc-networks.ie>
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Mo <mo@qubix.ca> 11 lines of wisdom included:
> Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to not make the apache13 port
> rely on perl 5.6 because I have perl 5.8 installed (/lang/perl5.8) and it
> seems wasteful for it to install 5.6 from the ports as well just to compile
> apache.  Could you please make it look for the other perl (5.8) as well and not to
> just rely on 5.6.
> 
> Thank you

Apache should look for an existing perl installation and just passes
the --with-perl command line option.

$ cd /usr/ports/www/apache13
$ make -V PERL
/usr/bin/perl
$

What seems to be happening?
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