Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:28:54 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> 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: <20050614192854.GA13882@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20050614104106.GA14918@tara.freenix.org> References: <200407201544.i6KFiWWr001296@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050613110937.GA29004@roughtrade.net> <20050613144244.GA45110@tara.freenix.org> <20050613233625.GF11349@roughtrade.net> <20050614104106.GA14918@tara.freenix.org>
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:41:06PM +0200, Ollivier Robert wrote: > 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? We should stop creating a /usr/bin/perl symlink. We don't create /usr/bin/python or /usr/bin/ruby. We should stop treating Perl a something more special than other 3rd-party scripting languages. What would we do if this file were a ruby script? That is what we should do for it as a Perl script. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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