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From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: Perl in 6.1
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On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 04:05:03PM -0400, forrie@forrie.com wrote:
> I've just installed a fresh 6.1 system and I noted perl wasn't included in
> the core build.  I also see it mentioned in the ObsoleteFiles area in
> /usr/src.
> 
> Where is the announcement about perl being removed, etc.  What's the scoop.
> 

Perl was removed from 5-CURRENT back in 2002 and so has not been included in
any of the 5.x or 6.x releases.
You can find a note about it in the release notes for 5.0-RELEASE.



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