Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 02:02:13 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl and ports Message-ID: <ef60af0905012417025b0405d9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050125005449.GA41074@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <ef60af0905012416425fdc0a7d@mail.gmail.com> <20050125005449.GA41074@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:54:50 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 01:42:24AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > Do we still need perl to make use of ports > > > > 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). So i can go in the port directory of perl and do make deinstall and freebsd still works right, no kernel panic or something :)
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