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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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