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Date:      Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:17:02 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        current@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, des@FreeBSD.org, tobez@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: perl5.6.1 wrapper
Message-ID:  <3DD1EE5E.E268055A@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20021107014750.GA18398@rot13.obsecurity.org> <200211080858.gA88wiCE029745@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20021112101236.GB8744@dragon.nuxi.com>

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David O'Brien wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 08:58:44AM +0000, Mark Murray wrote:
> > IMVHO, the perl wrapper should be removed altogether, and the
> > perl port's "use.port" symlink-creating feature should be used
> > instead.
> 
> Do we have consensus on this?  The perl wrapper really isn't working out
> for all the cases I hoped it would when I committed it.

In case another vote is needed, I've always been opposed to the wrapper.
tobez and I put some work into getting the use.perl script in the port
to DTRT shortly after the demise of base perl, and I'm still willing to
help fine tune it if needed. 

FWIW,

Doug

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