Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 15:06:57 +0100 From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> To: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl> Cc: Johnny Lam <jlam@jgrind.org>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, perl5-porters@perl.org Subject: Re: Save a few hunderd kilobytes or a few hundred perl users? Message-ID: <200205011406.g41E6vW23574@crypt.compulink.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020501122645.AA1308BA02@phoenix.squirrel.nl>
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Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl> wrote: :Johnny Lam <jlam@jgrind.org> writes: : :> perl-5.10.0 :> perl-library-standard-1.0 :> perl-library-ISP-1.0 :> ... : :Whatever approach we take, two major problems must be solved to :accomplish this: : 1: A perl distribution must be able to be (re)located anywhere and : use itself as a starting point to find its additional libraries : and modules. : The way ActiveState's rpm handles it (by patching the binaries and : scripts) works, but defeats the rpm functionality to verify an : installation. : 2: Add-on modules (base-perl and site-perl) must be able to fit : themselves into an existing perl installation so they can be : distributed in prebuilt form. : :In short, we need componentized, prebuilt distributions. : :Is this being worked on already? Not that I'm aware; volunteers welcome. Hugo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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