Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:02:46 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, markm@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: p5-* ports Message-ID: <199808311802.UAA18754@gratis.grondar.za>
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> * is certainly going to eventually happen. I won't do it at first so > * as not to break the ports tree. > > So you won't. Then it's ok. I thought you did, that's why I was > surprised. :) Ah. Sorry :-) > * :-) When I am commit ready, I'll start yelling and finalising policy > * with you. I will not commit until you are happy. > > Ok. :) I am close. Are you ready for trials? > * At a first look, this looks OK. I wasn't planning to put in the > * version on the /usr/bin/perl5 binary, but it seems like a good > * thing, so I'll do it. > > Well, I'm not sure. It's not like we're going to have a whole bunch > of them installed at the same time anyway. Unless you have a reason > to believe the user is going to need to keep the old binary around (to > run old compiled modules? I dunno), you should probably keep it as > "perl5" or put a code in the installation target to remove the old > one. > > I'm sure some people will object to having /usr/bin being cluttered > with all sorts of perl5.00X0Y stuff. (Remember, in /usr/src, you > can't easily do a "pkg_delete perl-5.00404". :) Ok - i'll just leave it as /usr/bin/perl and /usr/bin/suidperl. > * > have it work on users with pre-src-perl5 -current with a new > * > bsd.port.mk, thus the above test.) > * > * I'll bear that in mind. > > The last point (in parentheses) is just my preference though. If it's > going to make your life too hard, it's ok to drop it. It won't make my life too hard, but it may make yours :-) M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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