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Date:      Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:53:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:      patl@phoenix.volant.org
To:        Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com>
Cc:        Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Perl 5.6.0?
Message-ID:  <ML-3.4.955086787.2413.patl@asimov.phoenix.volant.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0004031050131.9381-100000@localhost>

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On  3-Apr-00 at 02:56, Nick Hibma (n_hibma@calcaphon.com) wrote:
> 
> Are there actually any good reasons why we _should_ upgrade in the first
> place? Security fixes, added functionality we require, etc. The perl we
> have is stable and the problems it has are well known, which is good
> enough in 99% of the cases.
> 
> Including Perl in the make world build is something entirely different
> from doing a make install /usr/ports, I'm sure.

You can't just make install in /usr/ports/lang/perl any more - there's
a FORBIDDEN in there.



-Pat


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