Date: 08 May 2002 19:52:25 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> To: "Mr. Mark Murray" <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of perl on FreeBSD Message-ID: <1020883945.90871.2.camel@lobster.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200205080802.g4882FjV006670@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020507202743.83455K-100000@fledge.watson.org> <200205080802.g4882FjV006670@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 10:02, Mark Murray wrote: > > First question is -- people are going to be upgrading FreeBSD. Having a > > stale /usr/bin/perl is going to muck stuff up royally. Likewise, many > > existing scripts use /usr/bin/perl at that location. Can we simply have a > > symlink that points /usr/bin/perl at /usr/local/bin/perl (and any related > > pseudo-programs such as suidperl, etc) as part of the normal install along > > with the perl package. > > DES(?) has a piece of code (to be called /usr/bin/perl) that will find the > "real" perl and DTRT. I much prefer the symlink approach. I don't think some wrapper program in the base tree buys us anything. You might as well have nothing sit in the /usr/bin/perl position, and have the port create the symlink. It's a bit unusual for a port to do that but I think this is a special case. -- Paul Richards | FreeBSD DVD releases and merchandise. FreeBSD Services Ltd | Hardware, support and development. http://www.freebsd-services.com | Domain names and mail/web hosting. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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