Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:36:39 -0600 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: perl and ports Message-ID: <200501251336.39582.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <ef60af090501251100472d6fb6@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af0905012416425fdc0a7d@mail.gmail.com> <EB3282A396FFCC78382D2E81@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <ef60af090501251100472d6fb6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 25 January 2005 01:00 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:33:25 -0600, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: > > --On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 09:26:07 AM +0100 Gert Cuykens > > > > <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: > > > this is what i dont understand only need perl to compile it ? > > > > > > so some pakeges need perl to compile and some dont ? why not make > > > them all perl independent ? > > > > This shouldn't be too hard to do. All you have to do is contact > > the developers for the 40,000+ different ports and ask them to > > please stop using perl. Once they all comply, the FreeBSD port > > maintainers can eliminate perl. (Course I'll be pissed, because I > > use perl a lot.) > > > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > > Adjunct Information Security Officer > > The University of Texas at Dallas > > AVIEN Founding Member > > http://www.utdallas.edu > > I will start with the cvsup developer :P Well, I'm sitting here thinking this is pretty humorous. I don't know if you're serious, or if this is somewhat of comic statement. I guess it doesn't matter, I just find it humorous. By the way, what have you decided to do about perl? Other than start with the cvsup developer? Don -- Donald J. O'Neill donaldj1066@fastmail.fm I'm not totally useless, I can be used as a bad example.
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