Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 07:27:24 -0800 (PST) From: mfiresto@mindspring.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/5700: FreeBSd is distributed with perl 4 Message-ID: <199802101527.HAA11418@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 5700 >Category: bin >Synopsis: FreeBSd is distributed with perl 4 >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 10 07:30:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Michael Firestone >Organization: >Release: 2.2.5-Stable and 3.0-Current >Environment: N/A >Description: Perl4 is no longer supported - according to the recognized experts, Perl4 is a "dead flea-bitten camel carcass" - but FreeBSd is still using it as the default installed option. Perl5 should be the default, distributed perl version. I understand there are a number of scripts used by FreeBSD that are Perl4 scripts and would need to be ported to perl5 and varified safe. Give me the list of these scripts and I will be do it. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: As I mentioned above, port the important scripts to perl5 and make it the default version used for FreeBSD, possibly keeping the perl4 binaries available for download for those sites that insist on beating dead camels into the ground.... >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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