Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 21:38:22 +0100 From: Jonathan Perkin <sketch@rd.bbc.co.uk> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of perl on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020513203822.GA28579@inet34.rd.bbc.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200205132002.g4DK2StI089211@orthanc.ab.ca> References: <p0511175ab900b9927511@[128.113.24.47]> <200205132002.g4DK2StI089211@orthanc.ab.ca>
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On Mon May 13, 2002 at 02:02:28PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > There is one problem with the /usr/bin/perl redirector: it can > cause autoconfiguration scripts to mistakenly think perl is > installed on the system (they find the /usr/bin/perl wrapper) when > it isn't (there is no perl-from-ports backing the redirector). An auto-configuration script which merely checks for the existance of a file rather than actually testing it's the file it needs is a bit silly and probably deserves the breakage. -- Jonathan Perkin - BBC Internet Services - http://support.bbc.co.uk/ Please check email headers for complete list of contact details To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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