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Date:      Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:26:39 +0300
From:      Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-perl@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: the PERL make variable...
Message-ID:  <43F588BF.9060104@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060214195916.GA1400@it.ca>
References:  <20060214195916.GA1400@it.ca>

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Paul Chvostek wrote:
> The handbook and bsd.port.mk are clear that the variable should be used
> for shell magic.  But I submitted two new ports last week had this use
> of PERL removed upon commit.  The committer claimed he didn't the
> purpose of the PERL make variable, and that pointing to the perl binary
> at /usr/bin/perl was the best way to go.

The Porter's Handbook is right, the committer is wrong.

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Sem.



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