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Date:      Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:54:50 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: perl and ports
Message-ID:  <20050125005449.GA41074@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <ef60af0905012416425fdc0a7d@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <ef60af0905012416425fdc0a7d@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 01:42:24AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> Do we still need perl to make use of ports
>=20
> Just asking because it bugs me. I never use it and it just takes up
> space and it is a security risc :P I want it gone :)

Only if you want to do certain things like 'make index', but not for
general use (this has been the case for years).

Kris

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