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Date:      Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:41:06 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ntp Makefile config.h src/usr.sbin/ntp/arlib Makefile src/usr.sbin/ntp/doc Makefile ntp-genkeys.8 src/usr.sbin/ntp/libntp Makefile...
Message-ID:  <20050614104106.GA14918@tara.freenix.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050613233625.GF11349@roughtrade.net>
References:  <200407201544.i6KFiWWr001296@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050613110937.GA29004@roughtrade.net> <20050613144244.GA45110@tara.freenix.org> <20050613233625.GF11349@roughtrade.net>

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According to Joshua Goodall:
> FreeBSD's use.perl script deliberately manages a symlink from
> /usr/bin/perl to (for example) my /opt/bin/perl5.8.6.  I believe
> that using the managed link is more correct than making assumptions
> about $LOCALBASE.

You have a point.  What do others say?

> It's ntptrace.  I didn't send it to the NTP team because I don't
> know them, and as far as I knew it was only FreeBSD harbouring a
> desire to eradicate perl scripts from the base system.  I'd like
> to send it, and it'd help if I had some kind of endorsement from a
> committer.

Please contact Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.isc.org> and Brad Knowles
<brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> to see fi they're interested.  They know me :)
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
Darwin snuadh.freenix.org Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005



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